About Us
Two mission-driven nonprofit health systems with deep Midwest roots, united by a shared commitment to the communities we serve.

Sanford Health
Sanford Health 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 patients, health plan members and communities across the upper Midwest through an integrated network of hospitals, clinics and senior care locations. Sanford Health is focused on improving health for all, fostering safety and respect regardless of lived experience, background or socioeconomic status. The organization has been recognized nationally for leadership in innovation, quality, culture and more.
Sanford Health has long-served communities across Minnesota. Today, the nonprofit health system cares for nearly 300,000 patients annually and employs close to 10,000 team members in the state, operating or maintaining affiliation agreements with 20 medical centers and 74 clinics across the western third of Minnesota.
- 55,000 employees systemwide
- More than 2 million patients served annually
- Nearly 415,000 health plan members
- 58 hospitals and 289 clinic locations
- 145 senior care communities
- 4,500 physicians and advanced practice providers
- More than 1,000 active clinical trials
- Access to 80 specialties through a $350 million virtual care initiative
- 40 graduate medical education programs
- Care delivery across South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Mission: To care, comfort and cure.
Vision: To be the premier rural health system in the United States.

North Memorial Health
North Memorial Health delivers unmatched patient experience and empowers its patients to achieve their best health. With specialty and primary care clinics, urgent and emergency care offerings, medical transportation services and two hospitals in Robbinsdale and Maple Grove, North Memorial Health provides access to high-quality, affordable care in the Twin Cities, across the broader state of Minnesota and surrounding states.
North Memorial Health’s Robbinsdale Hospital is one of only five Level 1 Trauma Centers in the state of Minnesota, serving as a critical safety-net hospital for the community. The system also operates one of the state’s leading hospital-based emergency medical services programs, providing ambulance and air care services statewide.
- 450+ employed providers as part of a team of 1,400 medical staff
- 6,500+ team members
- Two hospitals: Robbinsdale and Maple Grove
- Level 1 Trauma Center at Robbinsdale Hospital
- Minnesota’s largest birth center at Maple Grove Hospital
- One of the largest hospital-based air and ambulance services in the country
- 21 primary and multispeciality clinics and four urgent care locations
- Best-in-class programs in areas such as birth, stroke and trauma care
Mission: Empowering our patients to achieve their best health.
Vision: Together, healthcare the way it ought to be.
Better Together
Together, with shared Midwest values and a deep commitment to the communities we serve, Sanford Health and North Memorial Health will create a stronger system that learns from one another, supports our teams and delivers more than we could on our own – advancing solutions, improving access and achieving better outcomes for our patients and communities.

