About Us
St. Francis Regional Medical Center has a rich tradition of providing quality health care for the people living in Scott, Carver and western Dakota counties. Founded by a small group of Franciscan Sisters in 1938, St. Francis has grown from a small, community hospital to a comprehensive, high-quality, regional medical center, rapidly expanding to meet the needs of this fast-growing area.
St. Francis has been distinguished as one of the best community hospitals in the nation. It is the region’s first choice for high-quality, respectful and comfortable care for thousands of individuals and families. Local access to high-quality health care makes St. Francis a valuable community asset, both to the individuals and businesses it serves.
Today, St. Francis Regional Medical Center continues to provide excellent, compassionate health care services with an emphasis on individual dignity in the healing of body, mind, and spirit in responding to the needs of people who reside in our communities.
You can be proud that St. Francis is part of your community:
- Emergency Department patient satisfaction is in the top 10% nationally.
- 90% of Family Birth Place patients rate overall quality of care as Very Good or higher.
- Higher than national survival average for breast, lung, and colon cancer.
- Patients can receive fast transfer to two of the best heart centers in Minnesota for cath lab (or heart attack) care – Abbott Northwestern and Park Nicollet Heart and Vascular Center.
- Only four state-of-the art CT Scanners exist in Minnesota: St. Francis, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Mayo Clinic, and Methodist Hospital.
Our expertise and growing population create incredible possibilities for what St. Francis is becoming:
- State of the art facilities
- Broader access to specialist
- Ortho Neuro Sciences Center
- Behavioral Health services
- Diagnostic Imaging Center
- Women’s Health and Breast Center
- Trauma Center
As partners with Twin Cities-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Park Nicollet Health Services and the Duluth-based Essentia Community Hospitals and Clinics, St. Francis Regional Medical Center is uniquely positioned to bring top notch health care professionals together collaboratively to provide the best possible health care for our patients.