SANFORD VERMILLION HOSPITAL - VERMILLION, SD

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Addresss:
20 SOUTH PLUM STREET
VERMILLION, SD, 57069
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (605) 624-2611

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 0.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 16.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 40.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 4.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 4.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 0.01
Physician Assistants : 2.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 5.00
Nurse Practitioners: 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Chiropractice Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
State:

82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
South Dakota:

2%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
South Dakota:

13%
Always
Here:

87%
State:

85%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
South Dakota:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
South Dakota:

18%
Always
Here:

66%
State:

76%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

31%
South Dakota:

23%
Always
Here:

61%
South Dakota:

72%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
South Dakota:

13%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
South Dakota:

20%
Always
Here:

61%
South Dakota:

67%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
South Dakota:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

14%
Always
Here:

65%
State:

81%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
South Dakota:

6%
Usually
Here:

31%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
State:

69%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
This Hospital:

81%
State:

85%
No
This Hospital:

19%
State:

15%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
Here:

12%
State:

7%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

23%
State:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

65%
State:

73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

8%
South Dakota:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

28%
South Dakota:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

64%
South Dakota:

73%

Process of Care

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Dakota:

97.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

93.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

100.0%
South Dakota:

92.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

81.0%
South Dakota:

96.0%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.1%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

11.3%
State:

12.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.4%
State:

24.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.6%
State:

17.4%

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