About St. Patrick Hospital
History
St. Patrick Hospital opened in 1873 under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Providence. The present hospital facility, located above the Clark Fork River, opened in 1984. The hospital has 253 licensed beds and in 2011 admitted over 7,908 patients and provided more than 37,902 days of patient care. Approximately 95% of our patients come from our 17-county service area.
In November 1999, after imploding the old hospital facility titled the Broadway Building, construction began for a new outpatient services building next to our present hospital facility. The Broadway Building opened in March 2002, with two underground floors of parking and six stories of physician offices and outpatient services. Physicians include but are not limited to those from the Western Montana Clinic, the Montana Neuroscience Institute, the Montana Cancer Center and the International Heart Institute. We offer a variety of outpatient therapy services including physical, occupational, speech, diabetic, and cardiac rehabilitation.
Sponsorship
St. Patrick Hospital is a not-for-profit medical center under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Providence. The Sisters share sponsorship responsibilities with community leaders in the form of a governing board, which helps direct the hospital in its endeavors. This governing board, in turn, reports to and is directed by Providence Health and Services. Providence Health and Services is a holding company that represents the Sisters of Providence in leading its sponsored healthcare, higher education, and human services ministries in eastern Washington and western Montana. Sponsorship is a special type of not-for-profit ownership. As sponsors, the Sisters of Providence and Providence Health and Services are accountable to the community, the Catholic church, and state and federal governments for fulfilling the missions of each sponsored organization.