Sanford Health expands care in western South Dakota, Wyoming

Building upon a shared commitment to advancing excellence in rural health care, Sanford Health, Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center and Black Hills Surgical Hospital, announced today they are joining together to expand comprehensive, world-class care to patients in western South Dakota and across the region. Sanford Health will be the parent organization of the Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, the Black Hills Surgical Hospital and the group’s associated facilities in Rapid City, South Dakota, and Black Hills Surgery Center in Gillette, Wyoming, including urgent care locations, clinics and ambulatory surgery center. Upon closing, these locations will transition to nonprofit status and begin operating as part of Sanford Health. The region can continue to expect high quality patient-centered care from the combined organization. Patients access full range of health care Patients will be more easily connected to Sanford Health’s full range of integrated health care, including specialty and subspecialty care, clinical trials, veterans precision medicine and more. Sanford Health will continue to partner with local independent physician groups to ensure the full health care needs of the community are met for decades to come. “As a mission-driven nonprofit health system, our sole purpose is to care for the local...