About Essentia Health, our parent organization
Essentia Health, an affiliation of SMDC Health System, Innovis Health and ECHC, is a multi-state, not-for-profit health care system headquartered in Duluth, Minn. The mission of Essentia Health is to support communities in the development and delivery of the highest quality care for life.
Essentia Health is a leader in the development and advancement of business and clinical models for regional health care delivery. Essentia Health's strengths are in physician group practice, acute care delivery, and rural critical access hospitals.
A key strategy of Essentia Health is to collaborate with community-based health care groups where local and regional identity is preserved, yet supported by the knowledge, experience and resources of a strong, values-oriented organization.