Essentia Health Type 1 Ambulance departing Fargo facility
History
Essentia 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).[9] Essentia Health acquired Dakota Clinic/Innovis Health in January 2008.[10] 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.[11][12][13]
In 2022, Essentia Health acquired Mid Dakota Clinic.[14] The merger gave Essentia Health four facilities, 25 advanced practitioners, and 280 additional staff members.[15] In October 2022, Essentia Health and 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.[16] After almost two years of discussion, the merger was called off in January 2024, although the leaders did not rule out future collaboration attempts.[17]
Essentia Health has more than two dozen Catholic-sponsored clinics, hospitals, and other facilities.[18][19] 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.[18]
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 building early 2023, with 98% completed in February.[20] In July 2023, they completed the moving of patients from the old location.[21] The new facility includes 344 patient rooms, 16 operating rooms, and a pneumatic tube system. The 942,000 sq. ft. building includes 500 miles of data cable, high-efficiency plumbing that is 20% more efficient than LEED V4 baseline, and took over 2.8 million union worker labor hours to make it all possible. [22]
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