Rapid City Reg Hosp Syst Care

Name :

Rapid City Reg Hosp Syst Care

Address  :

353 Fairmont Boulevard

Town  :

Rapid City

State  :

South Dakota

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

57701

Phone  :

605 719 1000

Web URL  :


Description

Rapid City Regional Hospital is the regions leading medical center offering a broad scope of services to keep you and your family healthy We provide health care services to the 360000 people who live in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the surrounding region as well as thousands of visitors each year

We are confident about Rapid City Regional Hospitals future and were honored to be your partner in delivering excellence in health care


History

Our History
In the early 1970s spiraling costs and new developments in medical technology cast doubt on the feasibility of maintaining two hospitals Saint Johns McNamara and BennettClarkson in Rapid City A sevenmember Hospital Action Committee was formed to explore the possibility of merging the two hospitals

Officially incorporated on July 1 1973 Rapid City Regional Hospital began with 80 physicians on the Medical Staff and 280 licensed beds

Regional Hospitals roots can be traced to a foundation based on communication cooperation and collaboration to be a notforprofit entity Any surplus in revenue has been and is continually used to fund the development of programs and services to meet the health care needs of the community and region
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