St. Joseph's Area Health Services is a community hospital providing full service inpatient, outpatient, emergency services, home care and hospice to residence of Hubbard County and portions of Becker, Cass and Wadena counties.
The organization is sponsored by Catholic Health Initiatives based in Denver, Colorado. St. Joseph's is located in a growing, rural resort area of 23,475 people, with a summer population excess of 50,000. The area is expected to grow 7% over the next 5 years.
St. Joseph's is licensed for 50 beds; they average an inpatient census of 30. 150 babies are born in their hospital annually. They average 10,000 inpatient days each year. They perform 30,400 outpatient procedures each year and 9,500 emergency room visits. Home Care and Hospice make 29,200 visits to patient homes per year. St. Joseph's has an annual budget of $31,000,000. Approximately 360 employees work here, making St. Joseph's one of the largest employers in the area.