Company Profile
Sanford USD Medical Center
Company Overview
Sanford Health's comprehensive, integrated system includes nearly 370 physicians in 115 clinics, 23 hospitals, 13 nursing homes, 17 assisted living facilities and congregate living locations, 27 home health services and 19 pharmacies. With approximately 12,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in the region. Its primary 500-bed nonprofit tertiary care hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, serves an average of more than 30,000 inpatients annually. With more than a million outpatient visits each year, Sanford Health has served the 80,000 square mile, four-state region of South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska for over 110 years. Sanford Health is the largest healthcare system between Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and Denver, CO. Its divisions include Sanford USD Medical Center, Sanford Clinic, Sanford Health Network, Sanford Health Plan and Sanford Health Foundation. For more information, visit www.sanfordhealth.org.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
THE GIFT from T. Denny Sanford of $400 million dollars will drive our ability to become a medical research organization on par with Johns Hopkins; to obtain the caliber of excellence in medical education programs such as the Mayo Clinic; and to be recognized for world class pediatric patient care and research on the level of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
THE SANFORD PROJECT is to focus on a single, pressing healthcare issue and establish a world-class research team to achieve significant progress within a reasonable time period. Through an extensive selection process, Sanford Health has chosen to attack type 1 diabetes by focusing on beta cell regeneration.
Mr. Denny Sanford of Sioux Falls, South Dakota is donating $20 million to create the Sanford Children’s Health Research Center at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, California. In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sanford Health will also develop a Sanford Children’s Health Research Center facility. The two locations will share resources, findings and technology in order t
to conquer childhood diseases.
Brand New Sanford Research Park is being built and will be open 2011.