Glencoe’s first doctors made farmhouse calls in horse-and buggy rigs. Their offices in town served as exam, operating and delivery rooms for the great-grandparents of some of our current patients.
In 1941, the town approved a proposal to build a 30-bed hospital, funded by a WPA grant, community donations and bond issues. Now the largest employer in Glencoe, we’re proud to be part of its history:
1941 Construction began on Glencoe Municipal Hospital.
1960 Glencoe Medical Clinic opened as a cooperative of independent private-practice physicians.
1967 Glencoe Hospital acquired Glenhaven Nursing Home.
1977 Glencoe Medical Clinic, PA, established a physician partnership.
1984 Glencoe Area Health Center was created. It comprised Glencoe Hospital and a 110-bed long term care facility.
1991 We opened Orchard Estates, a 40-unit independent living community for people 55 and older, on our Glencoe campus.
2000 Glencoe Regional Health was formed through the merger of Glencoe Area Health Center and Glencoe Medical Clinic, PA.
2002 We opened a new clinic building and the Best Beginnings birth center on our Glencoe campus.
2003-2007 We welcomed an OB-GYN doctor, pediatrician, podiatrist, ER physician, physician assistants, and a second general surgeon.
2007 Our Lester Prairie clinic moved into a brand-new building in March. In November, we completed a major hospital remodeling project that included patient rooms, waiting areas and a new diagnostic imaging center.
2008 We added a second ER physician and welcomed a new family medicine physician.
2009 GRH was designated a Level III trauma center, only the twentieth in the state at the time. We also welcomed a new family medicine physician.
2010 Plans were approved for remodeling improvements to Long Term Care. Our ambulance services moved to Advance Life Support status and our new ambulance arrived. We welcomed a new family medicine physician.
2011 We welcomed our first certified nurse midwife and a new internal medicine physician.
2012 Our status as a Level III trauma center was renewed. A second certified nurse midwife joined our medical staff.
2013 We installed a state-of-the art electronic medical record system at our clinics, hospital and Long Term Care. We also welcomed our hematologist and oncologist and began a telemedicine program for mental health care services.
2014 We opened our first Urgent Care clinic and began providing transitional care services in the hospital and nursing home on our Glencoe campus. We welcomed a new family medicine physician and pediatrician.
2015 We established our first full-time orthopedics department. Our status as a Level III trauma center was renewed. Our nursing home received a five-star rating from Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare program. Construction began on a third-floor hospital addition to house Rehabilitation Services. We welcomed our first geriatric nurse practitioner, as well as an internal medicine physician.
2016 Rehabilitation Services moved into its new home in the hospital’s third floor addition. We opened the Center for Advanced Wound Care. We announced plans to substantially remodel and expand Long Term Care. Construction began to renovate the hospital entrance, emergency room and surgical services department. We welcomed a general surgeon, urologist, OB-GYN and family medicine physician.
2017 We broke ground on our new nursing home. The hospital entrance re-opened and renovation work was completed in surgical services and infusion services. Long Term Care received a five-star rating from Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare program and was ranked a top-performing nursing home by U.S. News and World Report. We opened an indoor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite and installed digital mammography equipment with 3-D capabilities. We welcomed a family medicine physician assistant and additional hematology and oncology providers.
2018 GRH changed its trauma center designation to Level IV. We completed renovations on the first-floor hospital interior and emergency room. We welcomed six new providers to our medical staff, including an emergency medicine physician, family medicine physician, internal medicine physician and three physician assistants. Phase one of construction on our new nursing home, GlenFields Living with Care, was completed, resulting in the opening of a new two-story building. GlenFields was again named a top-performing nursing home by U.S. News and World Report for 2018-2019.
2019 We added PET-CT scans to our medical imaging services. Phase two of construction on GlenFields Living with Care was completed, providing residents and guests with a new chapel, community room and gift shop. Our Center for Advanced Wound Care was named a Center of Distinction by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. We changed our name to Glencoe Regional Health.