Sanford Health

About Sanford Health

Improving the Human Condition

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 220,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 47 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations and world clinics in 8 countries around the globe.

Sanford Health includes:

• 47 medical centers
• 224 clinic locations
• 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations
• 158 skilled nursing and rehab facilities
• 42 affordable housing locations
• 220,000 Sanford Health Plan members
• 47,757 employees
• 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers and 8,716 registered nurses delivering care in more than 80 specialty areas
• Centers of Excellence:
  • Cancer
  • Children's
  • Heart
  • Orthopedics/Sports Medicine
  • Women's Health

Each year, Sanford Health provides:

• 5.2 million outpatient and clinic visits
• 82,848 admissions
• 127,875 surgeries and procedures
• 9,163 births
• 194,864 emergency department visits