Platte Hlth Ctr/Avera Health

Description

About Platte Health Center Avera
Platte Health Center Avera established in 1949 by the Platte community was formerly known as Platte Community Memorial Hospital The seventeenbed facility offers private patient rooms

Platte Health Center Avera employs more than 180 employees in our hospital longterm care congregate living and clinic divisions

In addition to offering total patient care Platte Health Center Avera is proud to offer stateoftheart technology to support our medical and hospital staff We also provide innovative technology applications leveraged by highly trained staff with eCarereg services which include eICU ePharmacy eConsult and eUltrasound Through a growing telecommunications network we offer video teleconferencing for educational and medical services We also extend our mission in the region through mobile outreach programs We also provide local health care specialists visits right here in Platte saving our patients time and travel expenses

We are committed to meeting the health care needs by serving the people of Platte and surrounding area

Our Mission
Avera is a Health Ministry rooted in the Gospel Our mission is to make a positive impact in the lives and health of persons and communities by providing quality services guided by Christian Values

Our Vision
Working with its partners Avera shall provide a quality costeffective health ministry which reflects Gospel values We shall improve the health care of the people we serve through a regionally integrated network of persons and institutions

Our Values
In caring together for life the Avera community is guided by the gospel values of compassion hospitality and stewardship

History

Our History
1946
A group of individuals met on March 22 1946 to form a committee to try and raise some funds to start a hospital in Platte SD

19476
They heard of an individual in Platte who had their house for sale for 11000 When contacting her she agreed to sell the house for 10500 Eleven acres of land were included with the house Each member of the committee agreed to donate 500 A public meeting was held on September 22 1947 and 100 farmers and town people turned out They were told that the property would be turned over to the community if it was decided that it would be made into a hospital Those in attendance voted to go ahead with the project and have the eleven men who bought the house act as the temporary board until a permanent board was elected It was decided to raise 35000 to remodel the house into a hospital Solicitors were chose and about 75 of them went out and solicited and in a few days had raised 3645489 These were all cash donations no pledges

1949
October 20 1949 was set for the grand opening of the Platte Community Memorial Hospital It was supervised by Mr Bob Beckwith Administrator of the Community Hospital in Chamberlain SD

1961 1970
After various hospital remodeling projects in 1961 citizens of this community began to show interest concerning the necessity of a new hospital In June 1969 construction began and July 1 1970 a new 27bed hospital opened its doors to the Platte community and surrounding areas

1974 1975
In 1974 construction began on a new eightbed addition to the existing nursing home and by January 1 1975 this new addition became operational and was filled on the very same day

1992
In 1992 we purchased the Dental Clinic from Norma Deadrick which we then leased to Dr Lance Griese In this same year the Platte Family Medical Clinic became a Rural Health Clinic

1994 1995
In 1994 our hospital signed a management contract with Queen of Peace In 1995 we opened a clinic in Geddes SD with Janice Schuman as the PA Then in 1996 we added an addition onto the Dental Clinic The Hospital became an RPCH Rural Primary Care Hospital

1997
In 1997 an addition and remodeling was done to the old medical clinic adjacent to the hospital and moved the Platte Family Medical Clinic from across the street to the newly remodeled building We also purchased the Gentle Touch Congregate Living Center in the same year

1998
In 1998 we changed our hospital name to Platte Health CenterAvera Health the Platte Family Medical Clinic to Platte Medical Clinic the Nursing Home to Platte Care Center and the Geddes Clinic to Geddes Medical Clinic Also that year we built a new Emergency Room entrance and moved our ER to the new area

1999
In 1999 our Hospital became a CAH Critical Access Hospital In 2000 we added a CT Scanner which is housed in the old ER area which was remodeled for this purpose We also built an addition to the front of the Hospital and Care Center which includes an extension to the Dining Room a remodel of the existing kitchen a family room for residents and their families and three offices

Our Hospital was financed completely through donations of people of Platte and those in the surrounding area

2004 2009
In 2004 the hospital board of directors held a retreat to begin longrange planning for the facility In 2006 the board unanimously passed a motion to move ahead on the hospital addition The 9 million addition was funded through a USDA finance method Also in 2006 an endowment campaign began quotInvest Today For Tomorrows Healthquot A committee was formed and the campaign began Through generous pledges from the community and surrounding areas the endowment campaign thrived to almost 2 million dollars In 2007 construction began on the hospital The final phase of the project was completed in 2009

In the short history of the Platte Health Center Platte Medical Clinic Geddes Medical Clinic Platte Care Center and Gentle Touch it is most evident that the strong community support which has been given has been the most important factor in bringing this facility to where it is today