Sleepy Eye Medical Center/Medical Center Facts

Sleepy Eye Medical Center is an independent hospital and clinic owned and operated by the City of Sleepy Eye

The Medical Center is governed by a 7 member Board of Directors, appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council

The SEMC Hospital is a licensed Critical Access Hospital with 18 available in-patient beds. The SEMC clinic is a Medicare-certified Rural Health Clinic with 15 exam rooms. The Sleepy Eye Medical Center also operates a clinic in Morgan Minnesota.

SEMC has over 100 full and part-time employees

The SEMC medical staff consists of four physicians, three family practice physicians, one general surgeon and a Family Nurse Practitioner. In addition, seven specialty physicians see patients in our clinic and/or perform surgical procedures at SEMC: an Opthalmologist, an Audiologist, two Podiatrists, an internist with a specialty in cardiology, an Orthopedic Surgeon and a Urologist.

57% of patients are Medicare; 5% are Medicaid, 2% are self-pay and the remaining 36% are commercial insurance

On an average day, there are about 3-5 in-patients in the hospital. Within a 24-hour period, the number of patients can be nearly 15 or as low as 1 or 2. All of these days have to be staffed

The average length of stay for patients is less than 3 days

The original 28-bed Sleepy Eye Municipal Hospital got its start in March of 1941 when the City Council passed a resolution for a $75,000 bond issue for its construction. The hospital opened in 1942. An addition to the hospital was built in 1961, and in 1991 the ambulance entrance was renovated and the first floor was redecorated.
On January 1, 2002, the hospital purchased the Sleepy Eye Medical Clinic from the physicians and the Sleepy Eye Medical Center was created. In 2004 an addition to the hospital was built which houses a new clinic, laboratory, radiology department, business office, and health information management department. A new physical therapy and cardiac rehab department was built in the lower level of the addition in 2007.

COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS

*Free Blood Pressure Clinics are provided by SEMC at the Family Foods store the third Tuesday morning of each month.

*SEMC helps organize the local Health Day, providing lab staff to draw blood and displaying health related information. We also participate in other Health Fairs as opportunities arise.

*SEMC helps with the local Bike Safety Rodeo in Sleepy Eye and Morgan, and provides free bike helmets to all 1st Graders.

*SEMC is dedicated to fostering healthcare careers and provides opportunities for student job shadowing, summer internships, and scholarships for future healthcare workers.

*Sleepy Eye Medical Center belongs to and is active in the Sleepy Eye Area Chamber of Commerce.

2009 Statistics:

SEMC Hospital provided care to 463 inpatients with 1489 patient days

Surgeries performed at SEMC totaled 376

SEMC provided 6009 radiology exams, including 507 mammograms, 196 MRI's and 1231 CT scans

The SEMC lab provided 74,403 lab tests

SEMC provided 1206 Emergency Room visits

SEMC provided 10796 patient visits in our Sleepy Eye and Morgan clinics

Salaries and benefits for our employees totaled $6.4 million, which generated an economic benefit to our community of approximately $24.3 million dollars

Total facility revenue was $14.6 million dollars

Foundation donations for 2009 totaled $22,902.72