Bozeman Health Urgent Care A walk-in medical clinic, b2 UrgentCare offers accessible care for common, acute illnesses and injuries for patients in Bozeman and surrounding areas. Bozeman Health Foundation Since , the Bozeman Health Foundation has effectively generated the financial support and assistance Bozeman Health needs to provide crucial health services and state-of-the-art care in the local community.
Being a non-profit organization does not mean that we are not interested in realizing a profit. Bozeman Health Foundation is a separate, non-profit corporation, governed by an independent board of directors that administers all philanthropic gifts to Bozeman Health and its programs. The foundation was established in to generate private financial support for improved community health and quality of life.
Click here for more information about the Foundation. I want to send flowers to a patient. How do I do that? Is Bozeman Health under the direction of a particular religious affiliation? Bozeman Health retains some ties to the United Methodist Church, but is not controlled by it and no financial support is received from the United Methodist Church.
The governance of the Bozeman Deaconess Health Services corporation is done by a local, independent, community-based board of trustees and some members of the board are local United Methodists. The assets of the corporation are 'held in trust' by the Yellowstone Conference of the United Methodist Church for the purposes of providing health care and related services to the people of Bozeman and Southcentral Montana.
Is Bozeman Health a non-profit organization? Bozeman Health is a community owned, non-profit organization. Does Bozeman Health provide speakers for community or civic events? Please call the Health Information Center at to discuss possible topics. Our parent corporation, Bozeman Health, is the largest private employer in Gallatin Valley with more than 2, employees. Centralized healthcare began in the Gallatin Valley with Dr. Henry Foster, who built a dedicated medical facility, the Bozeman Sanitarium, in on the corner of Lamme and North Tracy avenues.
After Dr. Foster died, the Bozeman Sanitarium was sold to Dr. Blair in , and he renamed it the Blair Sanitarium. Once the sale was complete, the sanitarium was renamed Bozeman Deaconess Hospital and was managed by the deaconesses. The deaconesses were women who dedicated their lives to service, caring for patients, cleaning the hospital, and typically receiving a small stipend plus room and board. By , additional hospital facilities were needed, and in spite of pressing financial problems at the time, a majority of the 15, residents of Gallatin County and the Methodist Church supported building a new hospital.
The old sanitarium was renovated to house the deaconess nurses. By the s, the last of the Bozeman deaconesses had moved or retired, ending the era of the deaconess. In , a west wing was added to the hospital to serve as the nurses' dormitory. A few years later, the addition was converted to patient services, and the capacity of the hospital was increased to beds patients shared rooms and had longer hospital stays than is the norm today.
In , a full-time radiologist was hired and a modern x-ray department opened. In , the governing board and management at Bozeman Deaconess recognized that growth would come to the Bozeman area, and purchased acres in the Hillcrest area. The need for a retirement community became obvious in the s, and a portion of the site became Hillcrest Retirement Community.
In , the downtown hospital opened a newly equipped physical therapy department; two years later, a modern laboratory was established. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Cookie Policy. Linking and Reprinting Policy. Small Medium Large. Bozeman Mont. Deaconess Hospital is a healthcare bastion in the three-county area of southwest Montana and has earned a reputation of high-quality care throughout the entire state.
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