Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital is a 169-bed community hospital with a nationally recognized record of excellence. The hospital earned 17 consecutive “A” Leapfrog hospital safety grades, which is the most earned by any in the state, and has been named a Leapfrog “Top Rural Hospital” four consecutive times, placing it among a select group of top-performing rural hospitals nationwide. The hospital achieved Magnet designation in 2024 and is ranked among the top 5% of hospitals nationally for quality by Healthgrades. Its joint center performs more than 1,000 joint replacements annually, including robotic-assisted procedures, and the hospital recently became the first in South Carolina to perform surgery using the da Vinci 5 robotic system. Oconee Memorial operates the state’s first hospital-based free dental clinic for uninsured, low-income patients and maintains a family medicine residency program preparing physicians to practice in underserved rural communities. The hospital recently opened a dedicated behavioral health emergency care center for adults and children, and $4.5 million raised by the Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation will support expansion of the Prisma Health Cancer Institute on campus. Its emergency department has reduced its “left without being seen” rate to just 0.25% over the past three years while maintaining patient experience scores in the 87th percentile nationally.
