About Us

The Lake Region Healthcare enterprise is comprised of Lake Region Healthcare, an independent community-governed non-profit headquartered in Fergus Falls, the Mill Street Residence Assisted Living Facility in Fergus Falls, and the non-profit critical access hospital, Prairie Ridge Hospital and Health Services headquartered in Elbow Lake. With over 100 medical staff and over 1,000 employees, we are dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of our communities with values of Excellence, Person-Centered, Collaboration, Stewardship, Integrity, Respect and Innovation.

Together we bring specialty and sub-specialty services to patients at hospital locations in Fergus Falls and Elbow Lake and at clinics in Fergus Falls (Walk-In and Main Clinics), Ashby, Barnesville, Battle Lake, Evansville, Herman, Hoffman, and Morris, MN.

Recognition by national organizations and other groups who rank the country’s health care facilities is just one indicator of our success. We are proud of our staff for achieving several awards of distinction and recognition of excellence, including “Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the U.S.”, Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for patient satisfaction, “Leapfrog Group “A” Rating for Patient Safety” and Cancer Center QOPI and ACRO Certification.