Sanford Health

Sanford Health is a non-profit, integrated health care delivery system, with its headquarters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with additional offices in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, and Bemidji, Minnesota.

Sanford Health
TypeNon-Profit, Private Corporation
IndustryHealth care
FoundedSioux Falls, South Dakota, 1894 (1894)
Headquarters
United States 
Number of locations
382[1]
Area served
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, California, Mexico, Ghana, China, Canada and Germany[2]
Key people
Number of employees
28,000+ (2018)[1]
Footnotes / references
Key People[4]

History

Sanford Health has its roots in the Dakotas at the beginning of the 20th century with Sioux Falls Hospital opening in Sioux Falls in 1894, and St. Luke's Hospital opening in Fargo in 1908. Over the next 80 years, both hospitals grew in size and influence, becoming integrated hospital-clinic systems known as Sioux Valley Health System and MeritCare Health System. The Sioux Valley Health System was renamed Sanford Health in 2007 after T. Denny Sanford's $400 million gift to the organization.[5][6] On November 2, 2009, MeritCare was taken over by Sanford.[7][8][9] Additional mergers with North Country Regional Health in Bemidji, Minnesota,[10] and Medcenter One Health Systems followed in 2011 and 2012.[11]

Medcenter One Health Systems

Medcenter One Health Systems was a non-profit American health care provider headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. Medcenter One offered nine clinics, three long-term care facilities, and multiple hospital affiliations. Medcenter One was designated as a Level II trauma center. It was bought and merged into Sanford Health in 2012.[11]

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

In Nov. 2017, talks were begun to form an affiliation agreement between Sanford and the Good Samaritan Society. After discussions and the formation of synergy teams that strategized how the two organizations could combine, final votes were taken by both parties to the agreement. On Apr. 26, 2018, the Society Board of Directors voted that the Society Membership consider approving the affiliation agreement. On June 21, 2018, the Sanford Board of Trustees voted to approve the affiliation agreement. On June 26, 2018, the Society Membership voted to approve the affiliation agreement. A press conference was held later that day during which Sanford Health President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft and Society President and CEO David Horazdovsky signed the affiliation agreement. It was announced that the affiliation would then go into regulatory review with an expected approval date of Jan. 1, 2019. If approved, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society would change its name to The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society of Sanford Health. Sanford Health would retain its name. As it happened, the affiliation agreement met the requirements of regulatory review earlier than expected, with an announcement on Aug. 17, 2018. The merger completed on January 1, 2019.[12]

Intermountain Healthcare

In October 2020, Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health signed an intent to merge.[13] The merger would make Sanford Health a subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare with the resulting system consisting of 70 hospitals with 89,000 employees.[14] In early December, the merger was postponed indefinitely after the C.E.O. of Sanford Health, Kelby Krabbenhoft was abruptly replaced by Bill Gassen after he made anti-mask sentiments.[15][16]

COVID19 and Sanford CEO Krabbenhoft

In November 2020, then CEO of Sanford Health, Kelby Krabbenhoft, stated that he would not wear a face mask despite the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, as he claimed he already had the disease.[17] His statement drew criticism and was seen by many as a slap in the face to frontline healthcare workers. Krabbenhoft also stated that the pandemic was not a crisis during a time in which South Dakota's hospitalizations related to the disease were at all time highs.

On November 24, 2020, it was announced by the board that Kelby Krabbenhoft was leaving the organization to be replaced by Bill Gassen.[18]

Centers of Excellence

Sanford Health has five "centers of excellence": cancer, children's, heart, orthopedics/sports medicine, and women's health.[19]

Children's
The new Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Sanford Children's Hospital is a freestanding acute care children's hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is affiliated with the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. The hospital features all private rooms that consist of 118 pediatric beds. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout the region.[20] The hospital has a rooftop helipad and is an ACS verified level II pediatric trauma center, the only one in the state.[21] The hospital features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit and an American Academy of Pediatrics verified level III neonatal intensive care unit.[22]

Heart

Sanford Heart's cardiologists and specialists provide cardiac care, surgery, prevention, emergency, and rehabilitation.

Sanford Heart hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, offers heart screenings to address the risk factors for heart disease before problems develop and cardiac genetic counseling to better personalize screenings and prevent problems before they happen.

Sanford Fargo Heart and Vascular Clinic offers heart and vascular care in Fargo, North Dakota.

Expert Heart and Vascular Care in Bismarck, North Dakota, provides heart health services, including thoracic and vascular surgery. Many of its heart health services were the first in the region. Services include the cardiac catheterization lab, cardiac rehabilitation program, cardiovascular surgery department, pacemaker clinic, and heart failure clinic.

Orthopedics/Sports Medicine

Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine has various services and specialties to treat sprains, strains, tears, breaks, joint pain and concussions.

Their Sports Medicine team is the official sports medicine provider to many high school, university (including NCAA Division I and Division II teams) and professional teams. Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is the official sports medicine provider for North Dakota State University (NDSU), South Dakota State University (SDSU), the University of South Dakota (USD), and the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Women's Health

Sanford Women's Edith Sanford Breast Center is focused on the future of breast cancer care and research. A national nonprofit organization established through a $100 million gift from Denny Sanford in 2012, Edith Sanford Breast Center, named for his mother, has over 49 locations and 150 providers in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota and is an integrated part of the Sanford Health organization.

World Clinics

The Sanford World Clinic initiative, which focuses primarily on international pediatric healthcare, began in 2007. Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan in Oklahoma became the first World Clinic that year.[23]

As of 2017, Sanford operated clinics in China, Ghana, Germany, and Canada.[24]

In January 2018, it was announced that Sanford would establish World Clinics in Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Vietnam and expand its presence in China and Ghana.[25]

Facilities
See also: List of hospitals in North Dakota and List of hospitals in Minnesota

Sanford Health is composed of hospitals, clinics, long-term care, managed care, licensed practitioners, a health plan, a foundation, a clinical research center and seven basic research centers. Its geographical reach covers over 200,000 square miles (520,000 km2) in California, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.

Sports facilities

The Sanford Fieldhouse, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, houses 85,000 square feet of indoor sport fields. There are also batting cages, indoor tracks, and other workout equipment.[26] The Sanford Pentagon is also in Sioux Falls, and that houses nine basketball courts.[27] Both of these buildings were designed with sustainability and building efficiency in mind. Sanford Health worked with JLG Architects on both of these buildings.

Trauma centers

Sanford Health has many emergency trauma centers located across the Midwest. In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the Sanford USD Medical Center is a board-certified Level II Trauma Center, along with a Level II Pediatric Trauma center. Sanford also has Level II centers in North Dakota, and Aberdeen, South Dakota.[28]

In April 2018 Sanford Health's Fargo, ND Medical center was designated as a Level I Adult Trauma Center,[29] the only Level I facility between Minneapolis, Seattle, Omaha, and Denver, and the only one in the Dakotas.

Sponsorships

Sanford is a major sponsor of the Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference whose membership now includes all of the four largest universities in the Dakotas plus one in Nebraska. The conference moved its headquarters in 2018 to a Sanford-owned office complex in Sioux Falls at the company's invitation. Also in that year, regional media reported that Sanford-tied boosters of Augustana University, also located in Sioux Falls, were making a serious attempt to move the school's athletic program from NCAA Division II to the Summit League.[30][31]

The company is also a name sponsor of several significant sports venues in the region:

The company also sponsors Sanford MMA. As is often the case, Sanford built an industry leading facility in Deerfield Beach, Florida. World-class athletes from around the globe are attracted to this facility under the leadership of Henri Hooft, Greg Jones, Kami Barzini, and MAG LLC.

References
  1. "Sanford Health "About Us"". Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. "Sanford Health "About Us"". Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. "Sanford Health-MeritCare Leaders". Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  5. "The Gift". Retrieved 3 February 2007.
  6. Lindsay Hamilton; ABC News. "Man Gives Away $400 Million to Hospitals". Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  7. "Sanford and MeritCare Create A New Health System". Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  8. Patrick Springer; The Fargo Forum. "Sanford Health and MeritCare Complete Merger". Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  9. "Sanford and MeritCare Create a New Health System". Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  10. "Two Health Systems Unite in Bemidji". Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  11. Medcenter One, Sanford Health Complete Merger, Sioux Falls Business Magazine, 5 July 2012
  12. "Sanford, Good Sam finalize the merger. Sanford now worth $7.5 billion, employs 50,000". Argus Leader. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  13. "Intermountain Healthcare, Sanford Health intend to merge". Sanford Health News. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  14. Ellison, Ayla (26 October 2020). "Intermountain, Sanford to merge into 70-hospital system". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  15. Gamble, Molly (5 December 2020). "Sanford, Intermountain halt merger talks". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  16. "Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  17. CNN, Samira Said. "Hospital CEO says he had Covid and doesn't need a mask". CNN. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  18. "Sanford Health and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft agree to part ways". Sanford Health News. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  19. Rodengen, Jeffrey L. (2013), Improving the Human Condition: The Story of Sanford Health, Ft. Lauderdale: Write Stuff, p. 83
  20. "Pediatrics (Children's Health) | Sanford Health | SD, ND, MN, OK". www.sanfordhealth.org. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  21. "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  22. "NICUSearch". AAP.org. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  23. Sanford Health News, August 17, 2009. "Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan now open". Retrieved 21 May 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. "Sanford World Clinic - Providing Health and Healing Around The World". sanfordworldclinic.org. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  25. Paul Heinert; Sanford Health News, January 23, 2018. "Sanford Health increases global presence in 7 countries". Retrieved 21 May 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  26. "Sanford Fieldhouse". JLG Architects.
  27. "JLG Architects". Jlgarchitects.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  28. "Find Your Local Trauma Center - American Trauma Society". www.amtrauma.org. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  29. "Sanford Health Fargo verified a Level I Adult Trauma Center". www.sanfordhealth.org. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  30. Gaskins, John (May 23, 2018). "Summit League Chief: Sanford-tied Augustana boosters lobbying for move to Div. I". Sioux Falls, SD: KELO-TV. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  31. Kolpack, Jeff (July 28, 2018). "Kolpack: All vital signs pointing to Augustana joining Summit League". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

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