Editing Columbia, South Carolina (section)

===Health care===
[[File:PalmettoHealthBaptistHospital.jpg|thumb|[[Prisma Health]] Baptist Hospital]]

The Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine Health System, a non-profit organization licensed for 304 beds which operates four hospitals, including Providence Hospital in downtown Columbia founded in 1938, Providence Heart Institute, Providence Hospital Northeast, and Providence Orthopaedic and NeuroSpine Institute.<ref>{{citation |title=Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/2753613Z:US |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|access-date=2022-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Heart Institute |url=https://www.providence.org/locations/or/heart-institute |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.providence.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brain and Spine Institute |url=https://www.providence.org/locations/or/brain-and-spine-institute |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.providence.org |language=en}}</ref>

[[Prisma Health]] is a private nonprofit health company and the largest healthcare organization in South Carolina that was formed by the joining of Palmetto Health and Greenville Health System in 2019. The company has 29,500 team members, 18 acute and specialty hospitals, 2,947 beds, 300 outpatient sites, and more than 5,100 employed and independent clinicians across its clinically integrated inVio Health Network. Prisma Health serves almost 1.5 million unique patients annually in its 21-county market area that covers 50% of South Carolina. Prisma Health hospitals in Columbia include the Midlands' only Level 1 trauma center and academic medical center, Richland Hospital, as well as Children's Hospital and the Heart Hospital also on the Richland Campus, Baptist Hospital and Baptist Parkridge Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prisma Health |url=https://www.prismahealth.org/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=www.prismahealth.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prisma Health – Locations |url=https://prismahealth.org/locations?searchType=location |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=prismahealth.org}}</ref>

Lexington Medical Center, opened in 1971, is a network of hospitals and urgent care centers located throughout [[Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington County]], with one location in Columbia.

The Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center is a 216-bed facility, encompassing acute medical, surgical, psychiatric, and long-term care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center|url=http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=33&divisionId=ALL&map=1|publisher=US Dept. of Veterans' Affairs|access-date=February 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222032919/http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=33&divisionId=ALL&map=1|archive-date=February 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>