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Sanford Health
Company typeNon-Profit, Private Corporation
IndustryHealth care
FoundedSioux Falls, South Dakota,
1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Headquarters
United States Edit this on Wikidata
Number of locations
382[1]
Area served
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, California, Mexico, Ghana, China, Canada and Germany[2]
Key people
Number of employees
47,000+ (2021)[1]
Websitewww.sanfordhealth.org
Footnotes / references
Key People[4]

Sanford Health is a nonprofit, integrated health care delivery system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with additional offices in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, and Bemidji, Minnesota.

History

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Sanford Health has its roots in the Dakotas at the beginning of the 20th century, with Sioux Falls Hospital opening in Sioux Falls in 1894 and St. Luke's Hospital opening in Fargo in 1908. Over the next 80 years, both hospitals grew in size and influence, becoming integrated hospital-clinic systems known as Sioux Valley Health System and MeritCare Health System. The Sioux Valley Health System was renamed Sanford Health in 2007 after T. Denny Sanford's $400 million gift to the organization.[5][6] On November 2, 2009, Sanford took over MeritCare.[7][8][9] Additional mergers with North Country Regional Health in Bemidji, Minnesota,[10] and Medcenter One Health Systems followed in 2011 and 2012.[11]

Medcenter One Health Systems

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Medcenter One Health Systems was a nonprofit American health care provider headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. Medcenter One offered nine clinics, three long-term care facilities, and multiple hospital affiliations. It was designated as a Level II trauma center. It was bought and merged into Sanford Health in 2012.[11]

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

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In 2017, talks began to form an affiliation agreement between Sanford and the Good Samaritan Society. After discussions and the formation of synergy teams that strategized how the organizations could combine, final votes were taken by both parties to the agreement. On April 26, 2018, the Society Board of Directors voted that the Society Membership consider approving the affiliation agreement. On June 21, the Sanford Board of Trustees voted to approve the affiliation agreement. On June 26, the Society Membership voted to approve the affiliation agreement. A press conference was held later that day, during which Sanford Health President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft and Society President and CEO David Horazdovsky signed the affiliation agreement. It was announced that the affiliation would go into regulatory review with an expected approval date of January 1, 2019. If approved, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society would change its name to The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society of Sanford Health. Sanford Health would retain its name. The affiliation agreement met the regulatory review requirements earlier than expected, with an announcement on August 17, 2018. The merger was completed on January 1, 2019.[12]

Intermountain Healthcare

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In October 2020, Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health signed an intent to merge.[13] The merger would make Sanford Health a subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare with the resulting system consisting of 70 hospitals with 89,000 employees.[14] In early December, the merger was postponed indefinitely after Bill Gassen abruptly replaced Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft after he made anti-mask statements.[15][16]

COVID-19 and Sanford CEO Krabbenhoft

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In November 2020, Krabbenhoft said he would not wear a face mask despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as he claimed he already had the disease.[17] His statement drew criticism and was seen by many as a slap in the face to frontline healthcare workers. Krabbenhoft also said the pandemic was not a crisis during which South Dakota's hospitalizations related to the disease were at all-time highs. On November 24, 2020, the board announced that Krabbenhoft would leave the organization to be replaced by Bill Gassen.[18]

Fairview Health

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In November 2022, Fairview Health and Sanford Health announced their intentions to merge.[19] On July 27, 2023, the two healthcare systems announced they were abandoning merger discussions, citing lack of stakeholder support.[20] This was the second failed merger attempt between Fairview and Sanford in 10 years.[21]

Centers of Excellence

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Sanford Health has five "centers of excellence": cancer, children's, heart, orthopedics/sports medicine, and women's health.[22]

Children's hospital

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The new Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Sanford Children's Hospital is a freestanding acute care children's hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is affiliated with the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. The hospital features all private rooms that consist of 118 pediatric beds. It provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout the region.[23] The hospital has a rooftop helipad and is an ACS verified level II pediatric trauma center, the only one in the state.[24] It features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit and an American Academy of Pediatrics verified level III neonatal intensive care unit.[25]

World Clinics

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The Sanford World Clinic initiative, which focuses primarily on international pediatric healthcare, began in 2007. Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan in Oklahoma became the first World Clinic that year.[26]

As of 2017, Sanford operated clinics in China, Ghana, Germany, and Canada.[27]

In January 2018, it was announced that Sanford would establish World Clinics in Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Vietnam and expand its presence in China and Ghana.[28]

Facilities

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See also: List of hospitals in North Dakota and List of hospitals in Minnesota

Sports facilities

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The Sanford Fieldhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, houses 85,000 square feet of indoor sports fields. There are also batting cages, indoor tracks, and other workout equipment.[29] The Sanford Pentagon, also in Sioux Falls, houses nine basketball courts.[30] Both these buildings were designed with sustainability and building efficiency in mind. Sanford Health worked with JLG Architects on them.

Trauma centers

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Sanford Health has many emergency trauma centers across the Midwest. In Sioux Falls, the Sanford USD Medical Center is an American College of Surgeons' verified Level I Trauma Center, along with a Level II Pediatric Trauma center. Sanford also has a Level II center in North Dakota.[31]

In April 2018, Sanford Health's Fargo medical center was designated as a Level I Adult Trauma Center,[32] the only Level I facility between Minneapolis, Seattle, Omaha, and Denver, and the only one in the Dakotas.

In September, 2023 Sanford’s USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls was designated as the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the state of South Dakota.

Sponsorships

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Sanford is a major sponsor of the Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference whose membership now includes all of the four largest universities in the Dakotas plus one in Nebraska. At the company's invitation, the conference moved its headquarters in 2018 to a Sanford-owned office complex in Sioux Falls. Also in that year, regional media reported that Sanford-tied boosters of Augustana University, also located in Sioux Falls, were making a serious attempt to move the school's athletic program from NCAA Division II to the Summit League.[33][34]

The company also sponsors Sanford MMA (now Kill Cliff FC) as a secondary sponsor.[35]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sanford Health "About Us"". Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sanford Health "About Us"". Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Executive Leadership". www.sanfordhealth.org. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Sanford Health-MeritCare Leaders". Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Gift". Retrieved February 3, 2007.
  6. ^ Lindsay Hamilton; ABC News. "Man Gives Away $400 Million to Hospitals". ABC News. Retrieved March 7, 2007.
  7. ^ "Sanford and MeritCare Create A New Health System". Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  8. ^ Patrick Springer; The Fargo Forum. "Sanford Health and MeritCare Complete Merger". Retrieved November 3, 2009.
  9. ^ "Sanford and MeritCare Create a New Health System". Retrieved November 9, 2009.
  10. ^ "Two Health Systems Unite in Bemidji". Retrieved February 25, 2011.
  11. ^ a b Medcenter One, Sanford Health Complete Merger, Sioux Falls Business Magazine, 5 July 2012
  12. ^ "Sanford, Good Sam finalize the merger. Sanford now worth $7.5 billion, employs 50,000". Argus Leader. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "Intermountain Healthcare, Sanford Health intend to merge". Sanford Health News. October 26, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  14. ^ Ellison, Ayla (October 26, 2020). "Intermountain, Sanford to merge into 70-hospital system". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  15. ^ Gamble, Molly (December 5, 2020). "Sanford, Intermountain halt merger talks". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  16. ^ "Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain". ABC News. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  17. ^ Samira Said. "Hospital CEO says he had Covid and doesn't need a mask". CNN. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  18. ^ "Sanford Health and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft agree to part ways". Sanford Health News. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  19. ^ "Sanford and Fairview Health announce intent to combine". Sanford Health News. November 15, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  20. ^ Snowbeck, Christopher (July 27, 2023). "Fairview, Sanford terminate proposed megamerger". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  21. ^ "Fairview, Sanford call off health systems merger". MPR News. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  22. ^ Rodengen, Jeffrey L. (2013), Improving the Human Condition: The Story of Sanford Health, Ft. Lauderdale: Write Stuff, p. 83
  23. ^ "Pediatrics (Children's Health) | Sanford Health | SD, ND, MN, OK". www.sanfordhealth.org. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  24. ^ "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  25. ^ "NICUSearch". AAP.org. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  26. ^ "Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan now open". August 17, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  27. ^ "Sanford World Clinic - Providing Health and Healing Around The World". sanfordworldclinic.org. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  28. ^ Heinert, Paul (January 23, 2018). "Sanford Health increases global presence in 7 countries". Sanford Health News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  29. ^ "Sanford Fieldhouse". JLG Architects. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  30. ^ "JLG Architects". Jlgarchitects.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  31. ^ "Find Your Local Trauma Center - American Trauma Society". www.amtrauma.org. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  32. ^ "Sanford Health Fargo verified a Level I Adult Trauma Center". www.sanfordhealth.org. August 16, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  33. ^ Gaskins, John (May 23, 2018). "Summit League Chief: Sanford-tied Augustana boosters lobbying for move to Div. I". Sioux Falls, SD: KELO-TV. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  34. ^ Kolpack, Jeff (July 28, 2018). "Kolpack: All vital signs pointing to Augustana joining Summit League". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  35. ^ Carlson, Ollie (December 13, 2019). "Hard Knocks 365 rebrands to Sanford MMA with sponsorship from Sanford Health". thebodylockmma.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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