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Essentia Health'' is an integrated
healthcare system with facilities in
Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and
North Dakota.
[NCQA Accountable Care Organization Accreditation Early Adopters]
National Committee for Quality Assurance. As of 2022 it has over 14,000 employees, including 2,125 physicians and credentialed practitioners.
The network includes 14 hospitals, 70 clinics, six long-term care facilities, six assisted and independent living facilities, and one research & education institute.
[Clark, Cheryl]
"NCQA Issues First ACO Accreditations"
''HealthLeaders Media''. February 19, 2013.[Essentia Health]
was accredited as an Accountable Care Organization
An accountable care organization (ACO) is a healthcare organization that ties provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the cost of care. ACOs in the United States are formed from a group of coordinated health-care practitione ...
by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in 2013.
HistoryEssentia Health
was formed in 2004, as the parent company of the partnership between the Benedictine Health System and St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System (SMDC)
Essentia Health
acquired Dakota Clinic/Innovis Health in January 2008. In 2010
Essentia Health
integrated the resources of all of its member organizations – SMDC Health System, Innovis Health, Brainerd Lakes Health, Essentia Community Hospitals and Clinics, and Essentia Institute of Rural Health – and united them under the one name, Essentia Health. In 2022
Essentia Health
acquired Mid Dakota Clinic. In October 2022
Essentia Health
an
Marshfield Clinic Health System
announced merger discussions. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed to evaluate how the two organizations might combine to form an integrated regional health system.
Essentia Health
has more than two dozen Catholic-sponsored clinics, hospitals, and other facilities.["Benedictine Roots"]
''EssentiaHealth.org''. The roots of Essentia's Catholic facilities trace back to a group of Benedictine nuns who established St. Mary's Hospital, Essentia Health's oldest hospital, in Duluth in 1888.
Vision Northland
In 2018, Essentia Health announced plans to build a new medical facility that would be replacing the current St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. The project was initially set at $800 million, but an additional $100 million was required to add an additional patient floor and outpatient care spaces. Changes in market conditions were also a cause for the increase.The estimated completion of the building is currently for early 2023, with an ETA to open in late 2023.
See also
* List of hospitals in Minnesota
The following List of hospitals in the U.S. state of Minnesota is given in the order of the city where the hospital is or was located. It is also sortable by county, name, health system, and number of staffed beds. Hospitals that have closed are ...
* List of hospitals in North Dakota
This list of hospitals in North Dakota shows the existing hospitals in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The sortable list gives the name, city, number of hospital beds, and references for each hospital. In some North Dakota counties where hospital ...
* List of hospitals in Wisconsin
This List of hospitals in Wisconsin (U.S. state) shows hospitals listed by city in Wisconsin with links to articles.
Hospitals
As of June 2020, there were 159 hospitals in Wisconsin.
Health care organizations serving Wisconsin
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References
External links
Essentia Health website
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Hospital networks in the United States
Healthcare in Minnesota
Healthcare in Wisconsin
Healthcare in North Dakota
Healthcare in Idaho
Catholic health care
Medical and health organizations based in Minnesota
Catholic hospital networks in the United States