M Health Fairview is a healthcare brand that represents the collaboration among three separate entities; the University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services.

History

Fairview Health Services

Fairview Health Services is a nonprofit, integrated health system based in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

. It provides health care across the full spectrum of health care services. Fairview currently operates ten hospitals, including M Health Fairview

University of Minnesota Medical Center M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) previously known as University of Minnesota Medical Center, is an 1700-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, servicing the ...

, forty eight primary care clinics and numerous specialty clinics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and greater Minnesota. Fairview has 32,000 employees and 2,400 affiliated providers. In June 2010, Thomson Reuters identified Fairview Health Services as one of the top ten health care systems in the United States. The University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis was also recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top hospital in the United States for treatment in six different specialties. In January 2011, HealthGrades listed Fairview Ridges in Burnsville and Fairview Southdale in

Edina EDINA is a centre for digital expertise, based at the University of Edinburgh as a division of the Information Services Group. Services EDINA front-end services (those accessed directly by the user) are available free at the point of use for ...

as "Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence," with each ranking in the top 5% of hospitals in the area. In October 2016, James Hereford, former COO of

Stanford Health Care Stanford University Medical Center is a medical complex which includes Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health. It is consistently ranked as one of the best hospitals in the United States and serves as a teaching hospital for the S ...

, became CEO of Fairview. In May 2017, Fairview announced they were merging with

HealthEast Care System HealthEast Care System was a non-profit health care provider organization located in St. Paul, Minnesota and the surrounding suburban area. It included four hospitals, 14 clinics, medical transportation and a variety of other outpatient services. ...

which serves primarily St. Paul and the eastern suburbs of the

Twin Cities Twin cities are a special case of two neighboring cities or urban centres that grow into a single conurbation – or narrowly separated urban areas – over time. There are no formal criteria, but twin cities are generally comparable in statu ...

. The combined Fairview/HealthEast has approximately 33,200 employees.

M Health Fairview

Starting on January 1, 2019, M Health Fairview became a partnership and brand that represents the collaboration among three separate entities: the University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. As of November 8, 2019 M Health Fairview had about 34,000 employees. They have 10 hospitals and about 60 clinics with multiple services offered.

References

External links

* * {{authority control Hospital networks in the United States Health care companies based in Minnesota Companies based in Minneapolis Non-profit corporations 2019 establishments in Minnesota American companies established in 2019