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About Billings Clinic
Billings Clinic is a leading community organization and the largest employer in Billings Montana At its core is a multispecialty group practice of over 250 physicians and nonphysician providers It is a notforprofit organization governed by the community with physician leadership at all levels Its structure is similar to that of the Mayo Clinic The Billings Clinic is a community of physicians working together toward our mission of providing outstanding health care education and research in our region and the nation

The downtown Billings Clinic campus consists of a 272bed hospital that includes our 14suite Family Birth Center and a 15bed Transitional Care Unit as well as the Billings Clinic the regions largest multispecialty group practice Off of the main campus are branch clinics which include Billings Clinic Heights and Billings Clinic West In addition we have Aspen Meadows Retirement Community Primary and specialtycare clinics are located in Bozeman Colstrip Columbus Miles City and Red Lodge Montana as well as Cody Wyoming

Who We Are
An outstanding medical foundation built upon the following cornerstones
A multispecialty physician group practice in which a quotcommunity of
physiciansquot work together in a collegial manner is at the core of this model

The partnering of physicians excellent business managers professional
staff and volunteers create a team whose synergies drive our success

Notforprofit communityowned and governed

Mission driven decisionmaking dedicated to a higher purpose in the
community and the region

An obsessive dedication to quality and service

Our Mission
Health Care Education Research

Our Vision
By 2010 Billings Clinic will be recognized as the health care organization providing the best clinical quality patient safety and service experience in the nation

Our Values
Quality
We are committed to a high standard of quality and value to achieve optimal clinical outcomes

Service
Our goal is to deliver outstanding service to our patients and communities in the region by anticipating and meeting their needs with compassion

People
We respect and value each individual

Teamwork
Each individual contributes as a member of the team accomplishing more than an individual can alone Flexibility mutual trust and cooperation are essential

Integrity
We take responsibility for our actions and communicate openly and honestly with each other and the public

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History

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People with a vision to bring the highest quality health care to the community founded our organization more than 85 years ago Billings Clinic continues to embrace that vision today as a community owned and governed health care organization dedicated to improving the health of people in our region through health care education and research

Our history stretches back to the founding of the Billings Clinic and Billings Deaconess Hospital

The Billings Clinic
The Billings Clinic evolved from the general practice of Dr Arthur J Movius who founded his Billings practice in 1911

Movius was trained with a years internship at a Minneapolis Minnesota hospital and had experience in the primitive surgery of the day He like other surgeons depended on informal training to develop his skills reading medical center visits and experience

The practice grew and by 1915 Dr JH Bridenbaugh joined Movius as an assistant Bridenbaugh took over obstetrics and the working of a strange gadget that had just been added the xray machine When Bridenbaugh went to war in 1917 he was assigned to radiology and received basic training in that field After the war he installed new diagnostic xray equipment and radiation therapy both radium and xray

During the 1920s a third general practitioner joined the group By 1930 a fourth physician with training in obstetrics was added Shortly after another general practitioner was added bringing with skill in the management of fractures and trauma problems The group was known as the MoviusBridenbaugh Clinic

In 1939 the group devised a plan to bring in physicians as partners to the practice and the name was changed to The Billings Clinic Growth of the clinic after World War II required expanded facilities In 1950 building construction began across the street from Billings Deaconess Hospital

The Billings Clinic has grown from two physicians into the largest multispecialty group practice in the region Our 250 physicians physician assistants and nurse practitioners offer 35 specialties ranging from allergy to urology We have clinics in three locations in Billings and throughout the region in Colstrip Columbus Miles City and Red Lodge Montana and Cody Wyoming