Friday, November 21, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Avera McKennan Hospital

800 East 21st Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-1096
(605) 322-8000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Avera McKennan Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Religiously operated
Total beds: 531
Administrator: FREDRICK SLUNECKA, PRES
Parent system: Avera Health
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accreditated, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 18,213
Inpatient surgeries: 5,617
Outpatient visits: 167,419
Outpatient surgeries: 4,766
Emergency room visits: 21,409
Births: 1,453
Number of beds: 531

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 403
Part-time registered nurses: 278
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 11
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 16
Total full-time faculty personnel: 3,026
Total part-time faculty personnel: 1,608

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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