Nationally Ranked Hospital
Ranked #1 in
South Dakota
Recognized in
Southeastern South Dakota
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, SD is ranked nationally in 1 adult specialty. It was also high-performing in 9 adult specialties, as shown below. It scored high in patient safety, demonstrating commitment to reducing accidents and medical mistakes. Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center is a 400-bed general medical and surgical facility with 19,619 admissions in the most recent year reported. It performed 5,582 annual inpatient and 5,878 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 24,528 visits. Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center is a teaching hospital. It is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
Adult Specialties
This hospital was among 148 facilities—roughly 3 percent of the 4,793 analyzed for the latest Best Hospitals rankings—to be ranked in even one of the 16 specialties.
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Nationally Ranked |
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High-Performing |
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Patient Satisfaction
Under a federal program, most U.S. hospitals now sample recently discharged patients and ask them about their stay. In a year's worth of surveys, here's how this hospital's patients responded to a key question, along with averages within the state and nationally.
Whether patients would recommend the hospital to friends and family:
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75%
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| State Average |
73%
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| National Average |
70%
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| Probably or definitely not |
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5%
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| State Average |
3%
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| National Average |
5%
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See complete patient satisfaction survey results
Details
For more about this hospital, see hospital details. The information shown is provided by the American Hospital Association, which compiles data on all U.S. hospitals through an annual survey and from other sources. Hospital ownership, number of doctors and nurses, volume of births and ER visits, and available services such as sports medicine are just a few examples of data collected by the AHA. Find out more at www.ahadata.com.
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Affiliated Hospitals or Services
Contact
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center
800 East 21st Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-1096
(605) 322–8000
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