St Alexius Medical Center

Description

About St Alexius
St Alexius Medical Center is a 306bed fullservice acute care medical center offering a full line of inpatient and outpatient medical services including primary and specialty physician clinics home health and hospice services durable medical equipment services and a fitness and human performance center

Since our founding in 1885 St Alexius Medical Center has been dedicated to serving the residents of central and western North Dakota northern South Dakota and eastern Montana

Besides the main campus located in Bismarck North Dakota St Alexius owns and operates hospitals and clinics in Garrison ND and Turtle Lake ND and manages the hospital and clinics owned by Mobridge Regional Hospital in Mobridge SD St Alexius also owns and operates a primary care clinic in Mandan ND and specialty and primary care clinics in Minot ND

St Alexius Medical Center is a Roman Catholic organization whose sponsors are the Sisters of St Benedict of the Annunciation Monastery Bismarck ND and as an organization we follow the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services as promulgated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Mission Vision amp Values
Mission
Based on the Gospel values and our own heritage of healing the mission of St Alexius Medical Center is to use our presence as a means of touching and caring for people in a Christlike manner and to always exhibit the hospitality as reflected in the Rule of St Benedict quotLet all be received as Christquot

Vision
The vision of St Alexius Medical Center is to use our presence to extend Christs healing ministry through excellence of service collaborative relationships and a commitment to quality for those we serve

Values
Community
A coming together of people who commit themselves to a mission caring for and challenging each other to use their personal gifts and skills to serve

Respect
Giving and showing reverence esteem and consideration for self and others

Stewardship
Working together to care for all resources for the good of all people

Healing Presence
An atmosphere that affirms the whole person body mind and spirit

Personal and Professional Growth
An ongoing commitment to expand knowledge and develop skills in order to enhance service improve quality and reach ones fullest potential

History

History amp Philosophy
St Alexius is a Roman Catholic notforprofit medical center whose sponsors are the Sisters of St Benedict of the Annunciation Monastery Bismarck ND St Alexius has a unique tradition of healing and hospitality that dates back hundreds of years to the beginnings of Christianity

Our heritage is based on the Gospel values and has evolved as an extension of Christs healing ministry Whether were enjoying the arrival of a newborn child or visiting the family of a terminally ill patient Christ is our model for the overwhelming importance of healing others with our care and compassion

It was more than a physical healing for Christ as it is for us He nurtured the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of his disciples his friends and even complete strangers

Over the years many Christian disciples and believers have carried forth this ministry One such follower was St Benedict an Italian Christian who lived in the sixth century during a time when the great Roman Empire was disintegrating

St Benedict established a monastery on a mountain about ten miles south of Rome Known as a great miracle worker he taught that quotcare of the sick must rank above and before all else so that they may truly be served as Christquot

Thus the Benedictine tradition of caring for the sick was born As a matter of fact one of the first recorded hospitals was established in the ninth century at a monastery run by followers of St Benedict

Nearly a thousand years later the tradition continues A group of Benedictine sisters from St Joseph Minnesota traveled to Bismarck in 1878 to start a girls school Not long after their arrival they realized the need for health care as well

In 1885 they purchased the Lamborn Hotel in downtown Bismarck opening St Alexius as the first community hospital in Dakota Territory The hotel was converted to a hospital for 30000 it had 15 beds and a coal stove in each room That first year 65 people were admitted into the hospital at a cost of 1 per day with river boatmen paying a special rate of just 90 cents per day

In the early years notable folks like President Teddy Roosevelt and the stepson of the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull received the healing ministry of those working at the hospital Presidents Woodrow Wilson and JF Kennedy visited St Alexius as well

In 1915 the hospital was moved to its present location It has expanded and grown to the prominent regional medical center it is today Many things have changed since the late 1800s but one thing remains constant Our Mission

Philosophy

Founded in 1885 St Alexius Medical Center is a regional Catholic healthcare provider sponsored by the Sisters of St Benedict of Annunciation Priory and dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ

We believe in the values and principles inherent in the medicalmoral teachings of the Church as promulgated by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Bishop of Bismarck and we provide health care services in accord with these teachings

We believe that each person is unique created and loved by God and has a basic right to wholeness of life We are committed to creating an environment that affirms the whole person body mind and spirit

We believe that all who come together to serve on behalf of St Alexius Medical Center deserve to be treated with respect for their own self worth dignity and potential for growth

We believe that all creation is a gift of God As responsible stewards we care for human natural physical and financial resources for the good of all We particularly cherish respect support and defend human life from conception through its providential end

We believe the concept of total care embraces the physical psychological spiritual social and economic needs of all individuals and families served regardless of race creed gender age lifestyle or economic status
We believe that our healing ministry promotes and upholds attitudes of respect healing presence stewardship community and personal and professional growth

As a Catholic Healthcare Provider St Alexius operates under the auspices of the Bishop of the Bismarck Diocese