Red Wing Medical Center

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Red Wing Medical Center (affiliate of Fairview Health Services) is a 50-bed hospital located in Red Wing, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 2001, it combines a clinic and hospital in one facility.

[edit] History

The first hospital in Red Wing, Minnesota was established in 1884. Located at southwest Dakota and Levee Streets. The Andrew Koch building served as the first hospital in Red Wing. The house was built by A. Koch in the 1850s.

Red Wing was later served by St. John's Regional Health Center and was organized into River Region Health Services (RRHS) in 1986.

It was determined in a community-wide planning process, initiated in 1985 and was completed in mid-1986, that the city of Red Wing wanted to create a regional health care system. The board leadership of St. John's Regional Health Center, Seminary Memorial Home (representing the nonprofit health care providers) and Interstate Medical Center (representing most area physicians) agreed with the goals of "Red Wing 2000."

An organizational format was created for what was known as River Region Health Services (RRHS). Recommendations to create a new system and to build stronger working relationships with physicians were presented to the boards of St. John's Regional Health Center, Seminary Memorial Home and Interstate Medical Center in September 1986. There was a clear vision that the future trend in health care was toward de-institutionalization––outpatient and home care, and alternative living arrangements. To meet the changing needs, RRHS created two additional subsidiaries in River Region Community Services (RRCS) and River Region Housing Corporation (RRHC).

In 1997, Fairview Red Wing Health Services brought together River Region Health Services and Interstate Medical Center as one coordinated system of care. As the needs of the community grew and changed, Fairview Red Wing Health Services responded to those changes. Today, the new Fairview Red Wing Medical Center serves the clinic and hospital needs of Red Wing and the surrounding area.

Red Wing Medical Center opened in 2001 on the West side of Red Wing, Minnesota located on Fairview Boulevard, just off Red Wing Avenue S near US Highway 61.

[edit] Governance

Red Wing Medical Center is part of Fairview Health Services. Their merger and partnership with the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Physicians puts Fariview Health Services at the forefront of world-class research and innovative patient treatments. The University of Minnesota is world-renowned for leading in transplants, heart surgery and treatments for other diseases. The partnership we entered in 1997 stands as a national model for academic- and community-based health system collaboration.