Essentia Health

Essentia Health is an integrated health system serving patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota.

Headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, Essentia Health combines the strengths and talents of 14,700 employees, including more than 2,100 physicians and advanced practitioners, who serve our patients and communities through the mission of being called to make a healthy difference in people’s lives.

History:
Essentia Health is a network of hospitals, clinics, and related health care facilities serving patients in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. In 1997 St. Mary’s Medical Center and its affiliates merged with the Duluth Clinic system to form SMDC- St. Mary’s-Duluth Clinic health system. This partnership formed the base for what would become Essentia Health. In 2001, Miller-Dwan Medical Center joined SMDC health system. Essentia Health was then formed in January 2004 through a partnership of the Benedictine Health System and SMDC Health System.

Mission:
They are called to make a healthy difference in people’s lives.

Values:
• Quality • Hospitality • Respect • Joy • Justice • Stewardship • Teamwork