Essentia Health is an integrated health system serving patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. Headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota, Essentia Health combines the talents of 15,000 employees, including more than 2,200 physicians and advanced practitioners, who serve our patients and communities thorugh the mission of being called to make a healthy difference in people's lives. Essentia Health, which includes many Catholic facilites, is guided by the values of Quality, Hospitality, Respect, Joy, Justice, Stewardship and Teamwork. The organization lives out its mission by having a patient-centered focus at 14 hospitals, 78 clinics, 27 retail pharmacies, six long-term care facilities, three assisted living facilities, three independent living facilities, seven ambulance services and one research institute.