Altru Health System is an integrated health system with headquarters on a 90-acre medical campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was created July 1, 1997 when the Grand Forks Clinic and United Health Services integrated. Even though their official "date of birth" is July 1, 1997, Altru Health System came into being in April 1997--in response to the great Red River Valley flood. As a community of 60,000 people evacuated, and water and sanitary systems across the community failed, health care professionals worked together to ensure the safe evacuation of hundreds of patients. Together, providers worked to re-establish medical services at clinic branch locations in the surrounding region.
Altru Health System's mission is to achieve optimum health for all residents in their region. They serve the ommunity providing health education, preventive services, early intervention, and appropriate care. They have more than 200,000 residents of northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Altru Health system is a community of over 3,000 health professionals and support staff committed to serving the region for more than 100 years.
