Fairview Health Services Fairview Health Services is a nonprofit, integrated health system based in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota. It provides health care across the full spectrum of health care services. As of 2010, Fairview operated ten hospitals, including M Health Fairview
University of Minnesota Medical Center. In June 2010, Thomson Reuters identified Fairview Health Services as one of the top ten health care systems in the United States. In January 2011,
HealthGrades listed Fairview Ridges in
Burnsville and Fairview Southdale in
Edina as "Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence," with each ranking in the top 5% of hospitals in the area. In October 2016, James Hereford, former COO of
Stanford Health Care, became CEO of Fairview. In May 2017, Fairview announced they were merging with
HealthEast Care System which serves primarily
St. Paul and the eastern suburbs of the
Twin Cities. The combined Fairview/HealthEast has approximately 33,200 employees.
M Health Fairview Starting on January 1, 2019, M Health Fairview became the name of the partnership between the
University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. As of November 8, 2019, M Health Fairview had about 34,000 employees. It has ten hospitals and about 60 clinics. ==References==