Commitment to the Community

Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic have finalized their combination and are now one health system operating as Sanford Health. Moving forward, Marshfield Clinic will operate as a new health services delivery region of Sanford Health. The Marshfield Clinic region will continue to serve communities in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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 1.4 million patients and nearly 200,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 45 hospitals, 211 clinic locations, more than 160 Good Samaritan Society senior living centers, 2,900 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 540 active clinical trials, and nine world clinic locations around the globe.

Together, we can lead the way for the future, drive innovation and solve the most pressing challenges facing rural health care. Through our combination, we will expand capabilities that will allow for significant investment in areas that directly support our patients, providers and the communities we serve. In an environment where collaboration and partnership are becoming more common, we know that our aligned missions and deep commitment to rural health, healing and community position us well to transform the future of health care and positively impact the wellbeing of the patients, residents, health plan members and communities we serve for decades to come.

This partnership allows us to bring more resources, expertise, and innovation to your care without compromising the standards you expect. As a combined system, we will strengthen rural care delivery, utilize innovative technology to provide a broader range of virtual services, unlock greater research capabilities and transform the patient experience to ensure every patient receives the best care no matter where they live.

While this partnership brings new opportunities, our top priority remains delivering the high-quality, compassionate care that our patients deserve. Patients will continue to receive care from the same trusted providers at the same locations, with no immediate changes. However, as one health system, we will be able to bring more resources, expanded services, improved patient access and innovation to patient care.

There are no plans to close services or facilities. In fact, among the benefits of combining are the additional resources to potentially grow services and enhance our presence in the rural communities we support.

The parent brand will be Sanford Health, but the Marshfield brand will be predominant within the Marshfield Clinic region.

No decisions have been made. With the transition from Marshfield Clinic to the Marshfield Clinic Region of Sanford Health, there may be some additional name changes, but they will retain the Marshfield name as the predominant identifier. That area will be reviewed in the integration process.

Integrating two large health systems is a complex process. As that process moves forward, we are committed to keeping our patients and communities updated on what they can expect from our combined organization. We will share updates as they become available.