Innovis Health

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Innovis Health, located in Fargo, North Dakota, is an integrated healthcare system consisting of an 104-bed hospital and 21-clinic system serving eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. The hospital, located in south Fargo, North Dakota, has been designated as a Level II trauma center.

History

Innovis Health was formerly known as Dakota Clinic / Innovis Health until the two integrated to form a not-for-profit organization. On November 27, 2007, Innovis Health announced a merger with Essentia Health, an affiliation of the Benedictine Health System and SMDC Health System, a multi-state, not-for-profit healthcare system headquartered in Minnesota. On September 1, 2010; Innovis announced it would be changing its name to Essentia Health. "All of Essentia’s 17 hospitals, 62 clinics and 750 physicians will now be named under the Essentia umbrella to create a single, more streamlined organization, said officials. According to reports, the goal of the changes is to create efficiency and reduce health care costs."[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Innovis Health to change its name | INFORUM | Fargo, ND". Inforum. Retrieved 2010-09-02. 

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