Marshfield Clinic

Marshfield Clinic Health System is an integrated health system serving Wisconsin founded in 1916. The system contains several hospitals and 55 clinics throughout Wisconsin, as well as a medical research institute and an education division, and employs more than 1,300 doctors and other clinicians.[2]

Marshfield Clinic Health System
TypeNon-profit organization
IndustryHealthcare
FoundedMarshfield, Wisconsin, United States (1916)
FounderK. W. Doege, MD
William Hipke, MD
Victor Mason, MD
Walter G. Sexton, MD
H. H. Milbee, MD
Roy P. Potter, MD
Headquarters
Marshfield, WI
,
United States
Area served
Wisconsin
Revenue$1.12 billion USD (FY 2011)[1]
Websitehttps://www.marshfieldclinic.org/
The Laird Center for Medical Research on the Marshfield Clinic campus
Clinic in Mercer

History

The clinic was founded in 1916 by six local physicians: K.W. Doege, William Hipke, Victor Mason, Walter G. Sexton, H.H. Milbee, and Roy P. Potter, in the community of Marshfield, Wisconsin.[3]

Organization

Marshfield Clinic Health System's primary operations include facilities in Marshfield, Eau Claire, and Rice Lake.[4] As of 2019, the health system has eight hospitals[5] and 55 clinics throughout Wisconsin.[6]

Marshfield Clinic Health System also has several component centers, including:

  • Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, founded in 1959, is the largest private medical research institute in Wisconsin. The Research Institute consists of six research centers:
  • The Division of Education provides residency programs for medical school graduates in internal medicine, pediatrics, medicine and pediatrics, dermatology, and surgery. About 125 members of the Marshfield Clinic Health System staff hold clinical teaching appointments from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
  • Marshfield Clinic Laboratories is a system of laboratories that employs more than 450 people and performs more than 20 million tests annually. It has separate services for forensic toxicology, food safety and veterinary diagnostics.
  • Security Health Plan of Wisconsin is Marshfield Clinic Health System's health maintenance organization (HMO), established in 1986 as an outgrowth of the Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan, which began in 1971 as one of the earliest HMOs in the country.[17]

Facilities

The Laird Center for Medical Research, dedicated in 1997 and named after former U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird,[18] is a medical research and education facility on the campus of Marshfield Clinic Health System. The Lawton Center for Medical Research is a similar facility dedicated to Ben Lawton, a thoracic surgeon at Marshfield Clinic during the 20th century.

References
  1. "Marshfield Clinic GuideStar Quick View". Guidestar.org. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  2. Hovorka, Alan; Boulton, Guy. "Here's how a Marshfield Clinic, Gundersen Health merger might affect Wisconsin's rural health care". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  3. "History of Six Founding Physicians, About Marshfield Clinic". Marshfield Clinic. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. "About Marshfield Clinic Health System".
  5. "Wisconsin Hospitals". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. Report, SARAH SEIFERT Chippewa Valley Business. "'The little engine that could': Marshfield Clinic Health System's new Eau Claire hospital has a plan to keep local healthcare affordable". Chippewa Herald. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  7. "Marshfield Clinic study: Dairy farmers more loaded with bacteria, and likely healthier". Daily Herald Media. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  8. "Biadasz family creates farm gas detector rebate program". Hub City Times. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  9. "A child dies every 3 days on farm". News-Herald Media. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  10. Republic, Tim Damos | Baraboo News. "Man dies from Sauk County tree stand fall". Wiscnews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  11. "Rebate honors young farmer who died from manure gas poisoning". Wisconsin State Farmer. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  12. Cardenas, Rebecca. "Following child's farming-related death, local family offers support". Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  13. Journal, David Wahlberg | Wisconsin State. "Tractor rollover death brings attention to rollbar program". madison.com. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  14. Strauss, Mariya (2013-11-12). "Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  15. "Keeping Children Safe on the Farm - North Carolina Health News". North Carolina Health News. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  16. "Marshfield Clinic Research Institute names Acharya executive director". Hub City Times. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  17. "Security Health Plan invests $1000 in Marshfield Mothers of Preschoolers". Hub City Times. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  18. "Laird championed medical research, education". News-Herald Media. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
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