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As a not-for-profit organization, Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is required to provide community benefit to maintain our tax exempt status. We do this by treating patients regardless of their ability to pay and through community-building activities. These activities include ones aligned with our Community Health Needs Assessment as well as financial, volunteer, and leadership support to numerous organizations and programs from Prairie Lakes and our employees. Among them are:
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is proud to support organizations and activities that benefit the region we serve. We give priority to funding areas that relate to our mission and vision and support community health initiatives. We ask that all organizations requesting financial or in-kind support review the following guidelines and complete a short form.
Community Betterment Donation Form
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System completed a community health needs assessment. The purpose of this assessment was to allow Prairie Lakes to identify the health needs of its service area, prioritize these needs, and implement a strategy to address these needs. As a tax-exempt hospital, Prairie Lakes is required by Section 9007 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to conduct a community health needs assessment at least once every three years and implement a strategy to meet the needs identified through the assessment.
2019 Resources:
View 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment2019 Implementation Strategy
2022 Resources:
View 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment 2022 Implementation Strategy
At Prairie Lakes, you will enjoy working with a superior medical staff that includes Interventional Cardiologists, General Surgeons, ER Physicians, Hospitalists, Pulmonologist, Otolaryngologist, Nephrologist, Urologists, MDAs and CRNAs, Radiologists, Radiation and Medical Oncologists, Pathologist, Family and Internal Medicine Physicians, OB/GYNs, and Pediatricians.
Prairie Lakes provides a competitive salary based on MGMA data with outstanding benefits to include:
Current Physician Opportunities:
If you would like more detailed information about our opportunities, Prairie Lakes, and the community, please contact:
Justine DeVille, Physician Recruiter
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System
401 9th Avenue NW
Watertown, SD 57201
Phone: 605-882-6898
Toll free: 1-877-917-7547
Fax: 605-882-7819
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Prairie Lakes Hospice.
General and specialized surgeons in the region perform procedures and surgeries at Prairie Lakes Hospital and Mallard Pointe Surgical Center. Our surgery staff is trained to work with these surgeons and provide you with compassionate care. Support staff at Prairie Lakes can help you plan for your upcoming appointment, understand your insurance coverage as it relates to your surgery, and discuss with you the next steps following your surgery.
Family members are an important part of the care team. The contact person will receive a key to help them privately track their loved one's progress using a tracking board located in the waiting room at Prairie Lakes Hospital. The waiting area is stocked with coffee, snacks, and vending. Complimentary WiFi and a phone charging station are also available to make sure everyone has a positive experience. Furthermore, the cafeteria is only a short walk away and is stocked with a variety of eat-in and carry-out items.
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Same-day surgery at a Prairie Lakes Healthcare System facility is a safe, convenient, high quality, and economical option for a wide range of medical procedures. Our skilled healthcare team is experienced in providing a full range of same-day surgical and diagnostic procedures. Your same-day surgical procedure could take place at two facilities in Watertown: Prairie Lakes Hospital's Same-Day Services Department or Prairie Lakes Mallard Pointe Surgical Center.
If your surgical procedure requires an overnight stay at Prairie Lakes Hospital our staff will monitor you closely. Our hospitalist physicians and inpatient staff will make sure your condition has stabilized, and care for you compassionately until you are ready to go home.
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Prairie Lakes’ Radiology Department offers the following specialized procedures:
A CT-guided biopsy is when a CT scanner is utilized to aid the Radiologist in collect tissue samples to be sent to a Pathologist for testing. The patient is positioned on the CT scan table. Using x-rays and advanced computer programs, the CT scanner will create detailed images of the body. The Radiologist will use these images to accurately insert a needle into the tissue to collect the needed samples. This is a minimally invasive procedure. Depending on the area being biopsied, the Radiologist may elect to perform the procedure with Ultrasound guidance in place of the CT scanner.
A fine needle aspiration is a diagnostic procedure used to collect tissue samples of abnormalities such as masses and lumps, or fluid located just below the skin. Using imaging guidance, a thin, hollow needle is inserted into the abnormality and a sample is taken to be sent to a Pathologist for further testing. This is a minimally invasive procedure.
Joint injections are used in the treatment of inflammatory joint diseases such as arthritis, tendonitis, gout and bursitis. An injection of a steroid or other medication is made into a joint in order to reduce inflammation, swelling and pain. These procedures are done utilizing real-time imaging called fluoroscopy (fluoro).
An arthrogram is a diagnostic test used to study joints. Real-time fluoroscopy imaging is used to guide the placement of a needle into the joint. A contrast material is then injected and this contrast allows the Radiologist to see the state of the joint, bone and surrounding tissue, ligaments, cartilage and muscle. These studies are usually done in conjunction with MRI or CT.
Barium is a white chalk-like radiopaque contrast that is used in liquid form to visualize the esophagus, stomach and small bowel under fluoroscopy. Patients are given the option of flavoring the barium to make it more palatable.
Barium enemas are performed to evaluate the large intestine (colon) for any abnormalities such as strictures, diverticulum or polyps. These procedures are often ordered after an incomplete colonoscopy when the surgeon is not able to visualize the entirety of the patient’s colon due to sharp turns in the colon structure. During the barium enema, a tip is inserted into the patient’s rectum and barium is used to retrograde fill the large intestine. A patient may notice slight cramping as the barium moves to the junction of the small intestine. The Radiologist may have the patient roll slightly on the table to visualize the entirety of the colon and will take multiple pictures using the fluoroscopy camera.