Community Health

Clinic/Hospital
Sanford Medical Center is a primary care medical facility comprised of a Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic built on a history of providing compassionate, quality care to residents of Northwestern Minnesota for over one hundred years. It provides: family and specialty care, procedures, inpatient care and swingbed, physical therapy, imaging and laboratory services, 24-hour emergency room, and a variety of other medical services.
Agency: Sanford Medical Center
Contact: 218.681.4747

Clinic
Altru Clinic is exploring various health care specialties the community needs, and will evaluate how this expanded space can be used to further care for patients. Even more, Altru’s specialists have unique access to resources provided through the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Our relationship in the network allows use of electronic tools which provide knowledge in disease management and Mayo Clinic treatment recommendations and protocols.
Agency: Altru Clinic
Contact: 218.681.7280

Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine clinics are offered in the Pennington County office eac fall for adults. Medicare Part B and state-funded health care plans can be billed at the clinics. Vaccine is also available to other interested community members at a cost of $30. Cost is subject to change.
Agency: Pennington and Red Lake County Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876

Health Promotion
Improve the health of individuals and communities through education, behavioral change, and environmental improvement.

Agency: Pennington and Red Lake County Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876

Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP)
The goal of the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) is to help Minnesotans live longer, healthier lives by preventing the leading causes of chronic disease: tobacco and obesity. SHIP launched as part of Minnesota’s Vision for a Better State of Health, the bipartisan health reform package enacted in 2008. SHIP makes it easier for Minnesotans to choose healthier behaviors by making changes in the places where we live, learn, work, and play.
Agency: Pennington and Red Lake County Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876

Health Prevention
Provide health prevention services such as free blood pressure checks and free lice checks by appointment.
Agency: Pennington and County Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876

Emergency Preparedness
Prepare to respond to disasters and assist communities in responding to and recovering from disasters.
Agency: Pennington and Red Lake County Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876

Environmental Health Services
Investigation and follow up regarding reports of public health nuisance in which the health of the public is at risk or in danger.
Agency: Pennington and Red Lake Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876

Disease Investigation
Inter County Nursing Service investigates contagious diseases/life threatening illnesses and assists with follow-up and treatment under the direction of Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologists.
Agency: Pennington and Red Lake County County Public Health and Home Care
Contact: 218.681.0876