Access Health - Murdo — Murdo, SD
Access Health - Murdo is a community health center clinic at 609 Garfield Ave, Murdo, SD 57559, open 42.5 hours a week. The typical South Dakota clinic is open 44.5 hours a week. It is run by Rural Health Care, Inc., which serves 78,662 patients across 13 clinic locations.
- Address: 609 Garfield Ave, Murdo, SD 57559 · Directions
- Phone: (605) 669-2121
- Website: WWW.RURALHC.NET
- Weekly hours: 42.5 (South Dakota clinic median: 44.5)
- Operated by: Rural Health Care, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Rural Health Care, Inc.
Patients came to Rural Health Care, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 17,930 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 10,621 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 10,122 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 3,134 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 9,399 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 2,105 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 7,757 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 17,612 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 4,052 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 2,462 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 2,157 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 1,584 | children tested |
Rural Health Care, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Rural Health Care, Inc. serves
78,662 patients used Rural Health Care, Inc. in 2025. 17% live at or below the poverty line and 46% are at or below twice the poverty line.
| Measure | This center | SD median | U.S. median | vs SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 17% | 42% | 65% | −25 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 46% | 64% | 92% | −18 pts |
| Measure | This center | SD median | U.S. median | vs SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 6% | 25% | 14% | −19 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 16% | 33% | 42% | −17 pts |
| Medicare patients | 21% | 13% | 11% | +7 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 57% | 28% | 24% | +28 pts |
Quality of care at Rural Health Care, Inc.
Rural Health Care, Inc. is at or above the South Dakota median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | SD median | U.S. median | vs SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 72% | 74% | 68% | −2 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 78% | 53% | 54% | +25 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 69% | 58% | 54% | +10 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 71% | 47% | 44% | +23 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 61% | 73% | 77% | −11 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 97% | 88% | 86% | +9 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 76% | 78% | 79% | −2 pts |
Staffing at Rural Health Care, Inc.
The health center employs 458 full-time-equivalent staff, including 96 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 7 mental health staff. That is 816 patients per clinical provider against the South Dakota median of 783 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 226,929 visits, about 2.9 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 57559
342 Rural Health Care, Inc. patients live in ZIP 57559, and 9% of them are uninsured.
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