Avera Queen of Peace Health Service

Avera Queen of Peace's mission is to provide healthcare services to Mitchell, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera Queen of Peace is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera Queen of Peace consists of a 25-bed critical access hospital and an 84-bed nursing home in Mitchell, SD, a 16-bed critical access hospital in Wessington Springs, SD, a 6-bed critical access hospital in De Smet, SD and 8 physician clinics. The program services offered include orthopedics, general surgery, internal medicine, radiation, laboratory, radiology, sleep lab, wound care, emergency, EKG, EEG, IP surgery, OP surgery, oncology, dermatology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, pharmacy, ophthalmology, and optometry. They provide acute care and long-term healthcare services. Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera Queen of Peace Hospital 1,682 Acute patient discharges 400 Newborn patient discharges 58 Swing Bed patient discharges91,776 Outpatient visits 483 Swing-bed patient days 824 Newborn patient days46,864 Clinic visitsAvera Brady Health and Rehabilitation 115 Long Term Care patient discharges25,052 Long-term care resident daysAvera Weskota Memorial Medical Center (CAH) 75 Acute patient discharges 28 Swing Bed discharges 4,856 Outpatient visits 341 Swing-bed patient daysAvera De Smet Memorial Hospital (CAH) 79 Acute patient discharges 14 Swing Bed patient discharges 9,909 Outpatient visits 101 Swing-bed patient days 4,334 Clinic visitsAvera Queen of Peace maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care it provides. These records include the amount of charges forgone for services and supplies furnished under its charity care policy and equivalent service statistics. The amount of charges foregone, based on established rates, were $4,323,742.Avera Queen of Peace also provides community benefit health activities at less than or at no cost to support those in the area serviced, see Schedule H. As a member of the Avera Health Network, Avera Queen of Peace upholds the vision of the Presentation and Benedictine Sisters to work through collaboration to provide quality, effective health ministry and to improve the healthcare of individuals and our communities through a regionally integrated network of persons and institutions. Avera Queen of Peace engages in activities designed to improve the health of individuals and communities in response to a calling to heal the sick, the elderly, and the oppressed.