Bigfork Valley:
New name for Bigfork's health care campus
Northern Itasca Health Care Center has a new name: Bigfork Valley: Hospital, Cinics and Communities.
The new name will help to identify the many different services offered by the hospital,
explained CEO Dan Odegaard. "Our customers will know that those services under
the Bigfork Valley name, like Bigfork Valley Communities or Bigfork Valley Transportation - are offered by their local community hospital," he said.
For over 60 years the hospital in
Bigfork has offered primary care
to the surrounding area. But today
the hospital has expanded to include
many other facilities and services -- like
Pine Tree Villa senior apartments,
Northern Pines Communities
long term care, Adult Day Stay and
Home Health Care.
The new name will not only
draw these services together under
one easy to recognize name,
but also reflect the community it
serves. “Many people cannot point
to 'Itasca,' but they do know where
Bigfork is,” Odegaard said.
The new green and grey logo
also reflects the surrounding countryside
with two rivers meeting under
a skyline of evergreens. A sharp
eye will see the eagle, symbol of the
Edge of the Wilderness, overlooking
the river valley. “It's a wonderful
logo,” said Odegaard. “It contains
so many of the symbols that we
identify with here in our northland
setting.”
Bigfork Valley Hospital is the
primary health care facility for
northern Itasca, western Beltrami
and southern Koochiching counties.
It has a fully qualified staff
who provide hometown style care
in a modern facility. The phrase
“Bigfork Valley: Where skill meets
compassion” has also been adopted
as representing the hospital's goal
of professional competence in a
comfortable and familiar setting.
Bigfork Valley Hospital, Clinics
and Communities is a medical
campus located in Bigfork, Minn.
The hospital provides inpatient
and outpatient care, clinics for on
site specialist care and services for
seniors including apartment living,
a nursing home based on the Eden
model, home care and day stay.
The medical and
dental clinics are not part
of the name change.
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