CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck

For the institution of the same name in Illinois, see St. Alexius Medical Center (Illinois).

CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck
CommonSpirit Health (Catholic Health Initiatives)
Geography
Location	Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates	46°48′28″N 100°46′40″W
Organization
Type	Non-profit
Religious affiliation	Catholic church
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma center
Helipad	Bismarck
History
Opened	1885
Links
Website	www.chistalexiushealth.org
Lists	Hospitals in North Dakota

Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) St. Alexius Health Bismarck is a regional, acute care medical center offering inpatient and outpatient medical services, including primary and specialty physician clinics, home health and hospice services, medical equipment services, and a fitness and human performance center. It is a level II trauma center. With a tertiary hospital in Bismarck, the system also consists of critical access hospitals (CAHs) in Carrington, ND, Dickinson, ND, Devils Lake, ND, Garrison, ND, Turtle Lake, ND, Washburn, ND and Williston, ND, and numerous clinics and outpatient services. CHI St. Alexius Health manages four CAHs in North Dakota - Elgin, ND, Linton, ND and Wishek, ND, as well as Mobridge Regional Medical Center in Mobridge, South Dakota.

History

Since its founding in 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck has served the residents of central and western North Dakota, northern South Dakota, and eastern Montana. CHI St. Alexius Health is a Roman Catholic organization whose parent organization is Catholic Health Initiatives. In 2018 Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) received approval from the Catholic Church through the Vatican to merge. When completed the new hospital network, called CommonSpirit Health, will be the largest non-profit hospital system in the United States based on revenue.

Ownership

CHI St. Alexius Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. With its national office in Chicago and a team of approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit Health operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2018, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health had combined revenues of $29.2 billion and provided $4.2 billion in charity care, community benefit, and un-reimbursed government programs.

Sponsors for CHI St. Alexius Health are the Sisters of St. Benedict of the Annunciation Monastery, Bismarck, ND and as an organization it follows the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services as promulgated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

CHI medical facilities

The hospitals, clinics and medical plazas that are part of CHI include the following facilities in North Dakota:

Name	City	State
CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake Hospital	Devils Lake	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Williston Medical Center	Williston	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson Medical Center	Dickinson	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center	Carrington	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Turtle Lake Hospital	Turtle Lake	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Garrison Hospital	Garrison	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Medical Center	Bismarck	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Beach Family Clinic	Beach	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Mandan Medical Plaza	Mandan	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Minot Medical Plaza	Minot	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health New Rockford Family Clinic	New Rockford	North Dakota
CHI St. Alexius Health Washburn Family Clinic	Washburn	North Dakota

External links

• Official website