Essentia Health

Essentia Health is an integrated healthcare system with facilities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota.[1][2] As of 2014 it has over 12,000 employees, including 1,500 physicians and credentialed practitioners.[3][4][5] The network includes 17 hospitals, 66 clinics, eight long-term care facilities, two assisted living facilities, four independent living facilities, and one research institute.[1][6][5] Essentia was accredited as an Accountable Care Organization by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in 2013.[1][6][7][8]

Essentia Health logo

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]

Essentia Health has more than two dozen Catholic-sponsored clinics, hospitals, and other facilities.[14][15] 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.[14]

References
  1. NCQA Accountable Care Organization Accreditation Early Adopters. National Committee for Quality Assurance.
  2. Find a Clinic/Hospital. EssentiaHealth.org.
  3. "Essentia Health St. Mary's Celebrates 125 Years" Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Northland's NewsCenter. February 28, 2013.
  4. "A Step On A Scale Helps Keep Heart Patients At Home". Health IT Outcomes. May 11, 2011.
  5. Essentia – About us
  6. Clark, Cheryl. "NCQA Issues First ACO Accreditations". HealthLeaders Media. February 19, 2013.
  7. Gamble, Molly and Heather Punke. "100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know". Becker's Hospital Review. August 14, 2013.
  8. "Two ACOs First to Earn NCQA's Highest Grade". States News Service. September 25, 2013.
  9. "SMDC parent to buy hospital in Montana". Duluth News-Tribune. January 27, 2006.
  10. Robeznieks, Andis. "Essentia Acquires Dakota Clinic/Innovis". Modern Healthcare. January 7, 2008.
  11. Lynn, John. "Essentia Health Selects Health Care DataWorks' Business Intelligence Solution To Support Integration of Member Organizations". EMR, EHR and Healthcare IT News. March 14, 2011.
  12. Lee, Michelle. "Introducing Essentia Health". Healthy Living. November 24, 2010.
  13. "Innovis Health to change its name". Grand Forks Herald. September 2, 2010.
  14. "Benedictine Roots". EssentiaHealth.org.
  15. "Catholic Health Care in Minnesota". Catholic Health Association of the United States. March 2013.
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