Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Prairie Lakes Healthcare Syst

401 9th Avenue NW
Watertown, SD 57201-6210
(605) 882-7000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Prairie Lakes Healthcare Syst

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 121
Administrator: PAUL A HANSON, CEO
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: Not reported

Services Provided Glossary

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

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
Patient/family support 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: 3,255
Inpatient surgeries: 1,070
Outpatient visits: 74,305
Outpatient surgeries: 3,209
Emergency room visits: 10,245
Births: 614
Number of beds: 121

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 91
Part-time registered nurses: 109
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 9
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 9
Total full-time faculty personnel: 256
Total part-time faculty personnel: 210

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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