Sanford Health

Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the United States, providing comprehensive health care services across the upper Midwest. The system operates 56 hospitals and 288 clinic locations spanning South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It employs approximately 55,000 people, including 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, and serves over 2 million patients annually.

The organisation runs specialised Centres of Excellence in areas such as cancer, children's health, cardiology, orthopaedics and sports medicine, and women's health. Its virtual care initiative provides access to 78 specialties remotely. Sanford Health also maintains an active research programme with nearly 1,500 clinical trials and studies under way. Additional facilities include 147 senior care locations, and the system handles 10.6 million outpatient and clinic visits, 259,122 surgeries and procedures, and 119,167 admissions each year. It also administers a health plan with nearly 415,000 members.

Sanford Health's stated mission is to care, comfort and cure, guided by values of service, courage, humility, stewardship and family.