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 50 acute beds and a 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 10 physician clinics. The physician clinics include primary care, OB/GYN, pediatrics, orthopedics, general surgery, internal medicine, radiation, radiology, oncology, dermatology, therapy, 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 Hospital1,691 Acute patient discharges459 Newborn patient discharges60 Swing Bed patient discharges100,780 Outpatient visits642 Swing-bed patient days862 Newborn patient days92,305 Clinic visitsAvera Brady Health and Rehabilitation93 Long Term Care patient discharges21,916 Long-term care resident daysAvera Weskota Memorial Medical Center (CAH)60 Acute patient discharges37 Swing Bed discharges4,789 Outpatient visits368 Swing-bed patient daysAvera De Smet Memorial Hospital (CAH)61 Acute patient discharges17 Swing Bed patient discharges13,065 Outpatient visits119 Swing-bed patient days3,955 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 $2,069,042.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.