This week, the Skiff Medical Center Board of Directors received some very exciting news about key numbers stemming from the hospital’s operations. CFO Mike Anderson told the board patient bed days and swing bed days were up substantially from August of last year.

Bed days are up 163 percent, while swing bed days are up 183 percent. Additionally, outpatient visits for the month set an all-time record for Skiff Medical Center, coming right at 7,000 for the month. And while the number of inpatient admissions remained unchanged, these other numbers have had a substantial impact on the hospital’s bottom line.

Patient revenue for the month was $7 million. And, once you’re done accounting for expenses, the hospital ended the month more than $127,000 in the black. And while the hospital’s fiscal year-to-date profits are still negative, the month of August alone reduced that deficit by more than half.