industry healthcare headquarters billings mt u.s. area served north america website http www.billingsclinic.com billings clinic based in billings montana is montana s largest health care organization and serves a vast region covering much of montana northern wyoming and the western dakotas . billings clinic is a physician led integrated multi specialty group practice with a 304 bed hospital level ii trauma center and a 90 bed skilled nursing and assisted living facility . billings clinic is one of montana s largest employers with approximately 4 000 staff including more than 400 physicians and advanced practitioners offering more than 50 specialties . these professionals work together to provide coordinated and complete care . their primary and specialty care clinics are located at billings clinic downtown billings clinic heights and billings clinic west as well as in bozeman columbus miles city montana red lodge and cody wyoming . primary care is also available at colstrip montana . billings clinic hospital is at the heart of their downtown medical campus . the 304 bed hospital includes a 20 suite family birth center a 15 bed transitional care unit and level ii trauma center . billings clinic also owns and operates aspen meadows a 90 bed retirement community and long term care facility located on the west end of billings . in 2013 aarp the magazine named the billings clinic one of the safest hospitals in america . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 billings clinic and deaconess medical center merge 1.2 billings clinic cancer center 1.3 billings clinic surgery center 2 see also 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit billings clinic history stretches back to the founding of the billings clinic and billings deaconess hospital . billings clinic evolved from the general practice of dr. arthur j. movius who founded his billings practice in 1911 . movius was trained with a year s internship at a minneapolis minnesota hospital and had experience in the primitive surgery of the day . he like other surgeons depended on informal training to develop his skills reading medical center visits and experience . the practice grew and by 1915 dr. j.h. bridenbaugh joined movius as an assistant . bridenbaugh took over obstetrics and the working of a strange gadget that had just been added the x ray machine . when bridenbaugh went to war in 1917 he was assigned to radiology and received basic training in that field . after the war he installed new diagnostic x ray equipment and radiation therapy both radium and x ray . during the 1920s a third general practitioner joined the group . by 1930 a fourth physician with training in obstetrics was added . shortly after another general practitioner was added bringing skill in the management of fractures and trauma problems . the group was known as the movius bridenbaugh clinic . in 1939 the group devised a plan to bring in physicians as partners to the practice and the name was changed to the billings clinic . growth of the clinic after world war ii required expanded facilities . in 1950 building construction began across the street from billings deaconess hospital . billings deaconess hospital was incorporated in 1907 but didn t open until after world war i. community support was elicited to fund the project in 1922 . the reverend charles d. crouch was appointed by bishop charles wesley burns to complete the fundraising effort . assuring each giver that every penny donated would be spent on the hospital ; he is credited with having gathered over 75 000 . the cornerstone of the building was laid in 1923 and the hospital opened on june 30 1927 . the inception of the laboratory was in 1935 . in 1950 dr. edwin curtiss segard began his sojourning at deaconess as the first pathologist . segard was the laboratory director from 1950 to 1980 . segard pioneered the implementation of quality systems and laboratory testing . the hospital had 58 beds and a medical staff of 12 doctors and 16 nurses . one floor was used as a nurses residence housing many students of the billings deaconess nursing school . as the population of billings expanded so did the need for additional space . in 1943 a student nurse residence hall was constructed . this freed space in the hospital for more patient rooms . by 1952 the hospital added a north wing increasing bed capacity to 144 . services were expanded to include new x ray facilities laboratory services operating rooms delivery rooms psychotherapy services and the region s first isotope therapy department . by 1961 a south wing was added increasing the number of beds to 205 . the pediatrics area was also enlarged and the hospital gained a new chapel . during the 1960s and 1970s . billings deaconess continued to expand its services and capabilities . in 1972 the hospital pioneered billings first open heart surgery . to better reflect the expansion of services in the region billings deaconess hospital changed its name to deaconess medical center . 2 billings clinic and deaconess medical center merge edit in 1993 the billings clinic and deaconess medical center merged to become an integrated health care organization named deaconess billings clinic . in 2001 the family birth center was opened offering a 12 suite ldrp unit a new concept in birthing for the area . in 2004 digital radiology was implemented system wide ; and one electronic medical record was implemented at all billings clinic locations . in 2005 deaconess billings clinic changed its name to billings clinic . in 2007 the emergency & trauma center opened offering expanded emergency and intensive care services . today the hospital has grown into a 304 bed trauma center that provides inpatient and outpatient care serving people in a four state region . billings clinic is led by president and ceo nicholas wolter md. billings clinic cancer center edit in september 2007 billings clinic broke ground on its new 50 000 square foot 4 600 m2 cancer center south of billings clinic . the new facility as well as the new main entrance to billings clinic opened august 2009 . 3 4 billings clinic surgery center edit in december 2007 billings clinic began construction on their 29 000 square foot 2 700 m2 surgery center located at the corner of 10th avenue north and north 30th street . the billings clinic surgery center opened in february 2009 . the surgery center focuses on outpatient surgical procedures . 5 see also edit list of hospitals in montana hospital compare site affiliate hospitals notes edit howard 2013 pp. 46 50 . billings clinic best hospitals in the us tra news billings clinic cancer center receives perfect score by the commission on cancer billings gazette 1 17 08 national cancer institute 2013 . billings clinic performs first mini maze surgery in region minimally invasive procedure treats atrial fibrillation topix references edit howard beth . top hospitals for safety . aarp the magazine . aarp april may 2013 . program site profile billings clinic . national cancer institute . retrieved april 6 2013 . billings clinic cancer center receives perfect score by the commission on cancer billings gazette 1 17 08 billings clinic performs first mini maze surgery in region minimally invasive procedure treats atrial fibrillation topix . billings clinic best hospitals in the us tra news . external links edit billings clinic regional clinics and affiliate hospitals clinical trials at billings clinic history of billings clinic retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title billings clinic & oldid 712819133 categories hospital networks in the united stateshealthcare in montanaorganizations based in montana1927 establishments in montanahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 march 2016 at 08 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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