April 12, 2023
West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center and Unite Us, the nation’s leading software company enabling cross-sector collaboration, are partnering to enhance collaboration between the hospital and community organizations to address the unmet health and social needs of people and families throughout the Midlands.
Together, Lexington Medical Center and Unite Us will securely connect people in need with community-based resources that can be difficult to navigate otherwise. The Unite South Carolina network provides a central point of contact where health and social services providers can securely access and refer people to needed services while monitoring progress and measuring outcomes.
“We are excited to implement this tool with our community partners across the Midlands. It helps us advance our vision to be a coordinated healthcare delivery system that is accessible and affordable and continually improves the health status of our communities,” said Lara Lott Moore, Vice President of Community Medical Centers, Lexington Medical Center.
In South Carolina, Unite Us connects people to much-needed resources and services, such as assistance with food insecurity, housing, employment, and much more. Partners in the South Carolina network are connected through Unite Us’ shared technology platform, which enables them to securely send and receive electronic referrals, address people’s social needs, and improve health across communities.
“We are overjoyed to collaborate with Lexington Medical Center!” said Liz Walsh, Director of Customer and Community Success at Unite Us. “Their team is dedicated to connecting patients with the resources they need beyond the hospital's walls. Unite Us' software will empower this phenomenal team to amplify its impact. Our neighbors in need in the Midlands community will benefit most from this critical partnership”.
Community organizations interested in joining the Unite Us network can visit uniteus.com/networks/south-carolina or contact Thomas Tafel, Community Outreach Manager for Lexington Medical Center, at tetafel@lexhealth.org.
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
