Managing Daily Activities

Measure Brookings Health System South Dakota Average National Average How often patients got better at walking or moving around (Higher percentages are better) 83% 90% 88% How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed (Higher percentages are better) 88% 92% 89% How often patients got better at bathing (Higher percentages are better) 92% 93% 90% How often patients were at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge (Higher percentages are better) N/A N/A N/A

Measure Brookings Health System South Dakota Average National Average How often patients’ breathing improved (Higher percentages are better) 87.5% 92.5% 90.6% How often patients have pressure ulcers/pressure injuries that are new or worsened (Lower percentages are better) 1.2% 0.4% 0.2%

Measure Brookings Health System South Dakota Average National Average How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner (Higher percentages are better) 96.5% 96.4% 98.6% How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth (Higher percentages are better) 85.9% 89.6% 87.2% How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season (Higher percentages are better) 66.6% 74.9% 66.2% How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completed timely (Higher percentages are better) 93.4% 96.3% 94.5% How often experienced one or more falls with major injury (Lower percentages are better) 1.6% 1.2% 0.9% How often the home health team reviewed and provided a medication list to the patient, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge (Higher percentages are better) 98.10% 95.16% 91.13% How often the home health team reviewed and provided a medication list to the next healthcare setting (Higher percentages are better) N/A N/A N/A

Preventing Unplanned Hospital Care

Measure Brookings Health System South Dakota Average National Average How often patients remained in the community after discharge from home health (Higher percentages are better) 81.2% N/A 77.7% How often patients were re-admitted to the hospital for a potentially-preventable condition after discharge from home health (Lower rates are better) 3.8% N/A 4.1% How often patients were admitted to the hospital for a potentially preventable condition while receiving home health care (Lower rates are better) 8.7% N/A 10.8%

Payment & Value of Care

Measure Brookings Health System National Average How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally. (Higher ( lower ) ratios means that the agency spends more ( less ) on an episode of care than the Medicare national average) 1.04 1.00

Home Health

The key quality measures below have been chosen by Federal and state agencies as measurements of high quality medical care and reflect what is privately reported to Brookings Health by independent research firm NRC Health and publicly reported on the Care Compare website.

Overall Patient Experience Rating

The table below shows the percentage of patients who rated us as being a 9 or 10 on a 10-point scale in overall patient experience according to the NRC Health Database (approximately 403 agencies nationwide). Higher percentages are better. Data from October, 2024 - September, 2025.

Service Area	Brookings Health System	NRC Health Average
Home Health	87.7%	88.1%

Measures from Care Compare

The information below shows the quality of patient care at Brookings Health System's Home Health Agency compared to state and national averages. More information on Brookings Hospital and other hospitals can be found on the Care Compare website.

Measure	Brookings Health System	South Dakota Average	National Average
How often patients got better at walking or moving around (Higher percentages are better)	83%	90%	88%
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed (Higher percentages are better)	88%	92%	89%
How often patients got better at bathing (Higher percentages are better)	92%	93%	90%
How often patients were at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge (Higher percentages are better)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Measure	Brookings Health System	South Dakota Average	National Average
How often patients’ breathing improved (Higher percentages are better)	87.5%	92.5%	90.6%
How often patients have pressure ulcers/pressure injuries that are new or worsened (Lower percentages are better)	1.2%	0.4%	0.2%

Measure	Brookings Health System	South Dakota Average	National Average
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner (Higher percentages are better)	96.5%	96.4%	98.6%
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth (Higher percentages are better)	85.9%	89.6%	87.2%
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season (Higher percentages are better)	66.6%	74.9%	66.2%
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completed timely (Higher percentages are better)	93.4%	96.3%	94.5%
How often experienced one or more falls with major injury (Lower percentages are better)	1.6%	1.2%	0.9%
How often the home health team reviewed and provided a medication list to the patient, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge (Higher percentages are better)	98.10%	95.16%	91.13%
How often the home health team reviewed and provided a medication list to the next healthcare setting (Higher percentages are better)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Measure	Brookings Health System	South Dakota Average	National Average
How often patients remained in the community after discharge from home health (Higher percentages are better)	81.2%	N/A	77.7%
How often patients were re-admitted to the hospital for a potentially-preventable condition after discharge from home health (Lower rates are better)	3.8%	N/A	4.1%
How often patients were admitted to the hospital for a potentially preventable condition while receiving home health care (Lower rates are better)	8.7%	N/A	10.8%

Measure	Brookings Health System	National Average
How much Medicare spends on an episode of care at this agency, compared to Medicare spending across all agencies nationally. (Higher (lower) ratios means that the agency spends more (less) on an episode of care than the Medicare national average)	1.04	1.00

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