{{short description|Hospital network in the United States}} {{COI|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Sanford Health | logo = Sanford Health logo.png | type = Non-profit, Private corporation | area_served = Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, California, Mexico, Ghana, China, Canada and Germany<ref name="About Sanford">{{cite web|title=Sanford Health "About Us"|url=https://www.sanfordhealth.org/about|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> | key_people = {{unbulleted list|Bill Gassen <small>(Pres. & CEO)<ref name="Executive Leadership">{{cite web |url=http://www.sanfordhealth.org/about/governance-and-leadership/executive-leadership |title=Executive Leadership |website=www.sanfordhealth.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606175134/http://www.sanfordhealth.org/about/governance-and-leadership/executive-leadership |archive-date=6 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref></small>|Nate White <small> (COO until May 2020)<ref name="Executive Leadership" /></small>|JoAnn Kunkel <small>(CFO)<ref name="Executive Leadership" /></small>|Jennifer Grennan <small>(CLO)<ref name="Executive Leadership" /></small>}} | industry = Health care | num_employees = 47,000+ (2021)<ref name="About Sanford Health">{{cite web|title=Sanford Health "About Us"|url=https://www.sanfordhealth.org/about|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> | footnotes = Key People<ref name="Sanford Leaders">{{cite web|title=Sanford Health-MeritCare Leaders|url=http://www.sanfordmeritcare.com/leaders|access-date=3 March 2010}}</ref> | foundation = Sioux Falls, South Dakota,<br />{{Start date and age|1894}} | locations = 382<ref name="About Sanford Health"/> | website = {{URL|https://www.sanfordhealth.org/}} }}
'''Sanford Health''' is a nonprofit, integrated health care delivery system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with additional offices in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota, and Bemidji, Minnesota.
== History == Sanford Health has its roots in the Dakotas at the beginning of the 20th century, with Sioux Falls Hospital opening in Sioux Falls in 1894 and St. Luke's Hospital opening in Fargo in 1908. Over the next 80 years, both hospitals grew in size and influence, becoming integrated hospital-clinic systems known as Sioux Valley Health System and MeritCare Health System. The Sioux Valley Health System was renamed Sanford Health in 2007 after T. Denny Sanford's $400 million gift to the organization.<ref name="The Gift">{{cite web|title=The Gift|url=http://www.sanfordhealth.org/Newsroom/2007/02/Sanford-Provides-Gift-To-Improve-The-Human-Condition/|access-date=3 February 2007}}</ref><ref name="Man Gives Away $400 million to Hospitals">{{cite web|title=Man Gives Away $400 Million to Hospitals|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2847653/|access-date=7 March 2007|author1=Lindsay Hamilton |author2=ABC News |website = ABC News}}</ref> On November 2, 2009, Sanford took over MeritCare.<ref name="Sanford Health-MeritCare Merge">{{cite web|title=Sanford and MeritCare Create A New Health System|url=http://www.sanfordmeritcare.com/sanford-and-meritcare-create-a-new-health-system|access-date=3 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Sanford Health and MeritCare Complete Merger">{{cite web|title=Sanford Health and MeritCare Complete Merger|url=http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/10113/|access-date=3 November 2009|author1=Patrick Springer |author2=The Fargo Forum }}</ref><ref name="Sanford and MeritCare Create a New Health System">{{cite web|title=Sanford and MeritCare Create a New Health System|url=http://www.sanfordhealth.org/Newsroom/2009/11/Sanford-and-MeritCare-Create-a-New-Health-System/|access-date=9 November 2009}}</ref> Additional mergers with North Country Regional Health in Bemidji, Minnesota,<ref name="Two Health Systems Unite in Bemidji">{{cite web|title=Two Health Systems Unite in Bemidji|url=http://www.sanfordhealth.org/Newsroom/2011/02/Two-Health-Systems-Unite-in-Bemidji/|access-date=25 February 2011}}</ref> and Medcenter One Health Systems followed in 2011 and 2012.<ref name=medcenteronemerger />
===MeritCare History=== Originally founded in 1905 as the Lutheran Hospital Association, in February 1908 the association opened the St. Luke's Hospital along with the St. Luke's School of Nursing, led by Sister Osa Oppedahl of the Deaconesses from the Norwegian Lutheran Church of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.ndsu.edu/fargo-history/index48a9.html?q=content/st-lukes-hospital |website=NDSU Library |access-date=1 October 2024 |title=St. Luke's Hospital | Fargo History }}</ref>
In 1909, the hospital had its first expansion planned, which was completed in 1918 doubling the size of St. Luke's Hospital.
In April 1919, the hospital board approved the opening of a small specialty clinic where doctors worked in a team setting in a similar fashion to the Mayo Clinic. In 1921, the Fargo Clinic opened. In 1922, St. Luke's Hospital achieved accreditation from The American College of Surgeons and in 1925 the hospital established its emergency room.
In 1949, the Lutheran Hospital Association was renamed the St. Luke's Hospital Association.
In 1985, St. Luke's hospital, its subsidiaries, and the clinic all added MeritCare to their names and would fully merge their entities in 1993, becoming the MeritCare Health System that would merge with Sanford.<ref>{{cite web |title=MeritCare Health System |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/meritcare-health-system#:~:text=Based%20in%20Fargo%2C%20North%20Dakota,Dakota%2C%20to%20Bemidji%2C%20Minnesota. |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>
===Medcenter One Health Systems=== Medcenter One Health Systems was a nonprofit American health care provider headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. Medcenter One offered nine clinics, three long-term care facilities, and multiple hospital affiliations. It was designated as a Level II trauma center. It was bought and merged into Sanford Health in 2012.<ref name=medcenteronemerger>[http://siouxfallsbusinessmagazine.com/business-news/medcenter-one-sanford-health-complete-merger/ ''Medcenter One, Sanford Health Complete Merger''], Sioux Falls Business Magazine, 5 July 2012</ref>
===The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society=== In 2017, talks began to form an affiliation agreement between Sanford and the Good Samaritan Society. After discussions and the formation of synergy teams that strategized how the organizations could combine, final votes were taken by both parties to the agreement. On April 26, 2018, the Society Board of Directors voted that the Society Membership consider approving the affiliation agreement. On June 21, the Sanford Board of Trustees voted to approve the affiliation agreement. On June 26, the Society Membership voted to approve the affiliation agreement. A press conference was held later that day, during which Sanford Health President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft and Society President and CEO David Horazdovsky signed the affiliation agreement. It was announced that the affiliation would go into regulatory review with an expected approval date of January 1, 2019. If approved, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society would change its name to The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society of Sanford Health. Sanford Health would retain its name. The affiliation agreement met the regulatory review requirements earlier than expected, with an announcement on August 17, 2018. The merger was completed on January 1, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2019/01/02/sanford-good-sam-finalize-merger/2449966002/|title=Sanford, Good Sam finalize the merger. Sanford now worth $7.5 billion, employs 50,000|website=Argus Leader|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>
=== Failed Intermountain Healthcare Merger === In October 2020, Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health signed an intent to merge.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-26|title=Intermountain Healthcare, Sanford Health intend to merge|url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/news/intermountain-healthcare-sanford-merger/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Sanford Health News|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101022209/https://news.sanfordhealth.org/news/intermountain-healthcare-sanford-merger/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The merger would make Sanford Health a subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare with the resulting system consisting of 70 hospitals with 89,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ellison|first=Ayla|date=26 October 2020|title=Intermountain, Sanford to merge into 70-hospital system|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/intermountain-sanford-to-merge-into-70-hospital-system.html?origin=BHRE&oly_enc_id=7009J6482678J0L|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-26|website=www.beckershospitalreview.com}}</ref> In early December, the merger was postponed indefinitely after Bill Gassen abruptly replaced Sanford Health CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft after he made anti-mask statements.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gamble|first=Molly|date=5 December 2020|title=Sanford, Intermountain halt merger talks|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/sanford-intermountain-halt-merger-talks.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-05|website=www.beckershospitalreview.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sanford Health suspends merger talks with Intermountain|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/sanford-health-suspends-merger-talks-intermountain-74548959|access-date=2020-12-05|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>
===COVID-19 and Sanford CEO Krabbenhoft=== In November 2020, Krabbenhoft said he would not wear a face mask despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as he claimed he already had the disease.<ref>{{cite news |author=Samira Said |title=Hospital CEO says he had Covid and doesn't need a mask |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/20/health/covid-mask-sanford-health-ceo/index.html |access-date=21 November 2020 |work=CNN}}</ref> His statement drew criticism and was seen by many as a slap in the face to frontline healthcare workers. Krabbenhoft also said the pandemic was not a crisis during which South Dakota's hospitalizations related to the disease were at all-time highs. On November 24, 2020, the board announced that Krabbenhoft would leave the organization to be replaced by Bill Gassen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sanford Health and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft agree to part ways |url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/company/sanford-health-ceo-kelby-krabbenhoft-part-ways/ |website=Sanford Health News |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=24 November 2020}}</ref>
=== Failed Fairview Health Merger Attempts === In the fall of 2012, Sanford Health announced it had entered discussions with Minnesota-based Fairview Health, the University of Minnesota Medical School's joint clinical venture partner since 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.fairview.org/about |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.fairview.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crosby |first=Jackie |date=2013-04-07 |title=Sanford Health has had eye on Twin Cities for years |url=https://www.startribune.com/sanford-health-has-had-eye-on-twin-cities-for-years/200681991 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en}}</ref> University of Minnesota officials, state lawmakers and Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson strongly opposed the proposed merger between Fairview Health Services and South Dakota-based Sanford Health, citing concerns over ceding control of a key Minnesota healthcare institution to an out-of-state entity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Tony |date=2013-04-10 |title=Swanson grills Sanford executives on proposed Fairview merger |url=https://www.startribune.com/swanson-grills-sanford-executives-on-proposed-fairview-merger/201869801 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-27 |title=Possible Fairview Health takeover raises alarms |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/03/26/possible-fairview-health-takeover-raises-alarms |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref> In April 2013, Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft conceded merger discussions would be indefinitely postponed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-11 |title=Sanford ends bid for Fairview |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/04/11/sanford-ends-bid-for-fairview |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2022, Sanford Chief Executive James Hereford announced a revived merger attempt, with both parties signing a non-binding letter of intent to combine under a single parent company to be named "Sanford Health".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Nearly 10 years later, Sanford and Fairview again in talks about merging health systems - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/nearly-10-years-later-sanford-and-fairview-again-in-talks-about-merging-health-systems/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The proposed merger called for each company to maintain their own non-profit status and regional brands in their respective markets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=Sanford, Fairview Health announce plans to merge |url=https://www.sdpb.org/healthcare/2022-11-15/sanford-fairview-health-announce-plans-to-merge |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=South Dakota Public Broadcasting |language=en}}</ref>
As was the case 10 years prior, concerns over ceding control of a major Minnesota healthcare institution to an out-of-state entity provoked intense opposition from University of Minnesota officials, union leaders, state lawmakers and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.<ref name="mprnews.org">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-08 |title=Dayton calls Sanford, Fairview merger a 'betrayal' unless U of M control stays in state |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/08/dayton-calls-sanford-fairview-merger-betrayal-unless-u-of-m-control-stays-in-state |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Attorney General Ellison announces public input on proposed merger of Fairview Health Services and Sanford Health |url=https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2022/11/22_Sanford-Fairview.asp |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.ag.state.mn.us |language=en}}</ref> Former Minnesota Governors Mark Dayton (Democrat) and Tim Pawlenty (Republican) were influential in consolidating political opposition to the merger, emphasizing the merits of maintaining Minnesotan control of the University of Minnesota's Medical School and Teaching Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Griffith |first=Michelle |date=2023-03-08 |title=Pawlenty, Dayton in bipartisan agreement: S. Dakota company should not control U hospital • Minnesota Reformer |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/03/07/pawlenty-dayton-in-bipartisan-agreement-s-dakota-company-should-not-control-u-hospital/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Minnesota Reformer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="mprnews.org"/>
On July 27, 2023, the two healthcare systems announced they were abandoning merger discussions, citing a lack of stakeholder support.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snowbeck |first=Christopher |date=2023-07-28 |title=Fairview, Sanford terminate proposed megamerger |url=https://www.startribune.com/fairview-backs-out-of-ends-merger-with-sanford-health-minneapolis-university-minnesota-south-dakota/600292916 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=WCCO Staff |date=2023-07-28 |title=Fairview, Sanford Health cancel planned merger - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/fairview-health-merger-sanford-health-canceled/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |title=Fairview, Sanford call off health systems merger |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/07/27/sanford-health-fairview-call-off-merger |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref>
=== Proposed merger with North Memorial Health (2026) ===
On May 8, 2026, Sanford Health and North Memorial Health announced a definitive agreement to combine into a single nonprofit health system, giving Sanford its first presence in the Twin Cities market after failed merger attempts with Fairview Health Services in 2013 and 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://siouxfalls.business/sanford-health-twin-cities-based-north-memorial-health-agree-to-merge/ |title=Sanford Health, Twin Cities-based North Memorial Health agree to merge |publisher=SiouxFalls.Business |date=May 8, 2026 |access-date=May 8, 2026}}</ref> North Memorial operates two Twin Cities hospitals — Robbinsdale Hospital, one of five Level 1 trauma centers in Minnesota, and Maple Grove Hospital, home to the state's largest birth center — along with 22 clinics and approximately 6,500 employees.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/north-memorial-and-south-dakota-based-sanford-health-merging/ |title=North Memorial and South Dakota-based Sanford Health merging |publisher=KSTP |date=May 8, 2026 |access-date=May 8, 2026}}</ref>
As part of the agreement, Sanford committed a $600 million investment to modernize Robbinsdale Hospital's trauma and emergency services and double the size of Maple Grove Hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fox9.com/news/sanford-health-north-memorial-health-agree-combine |title=Sanford Health, North Memorial Health agree to combine |publisher=FOX 9 |date=May 8, 2026 |access-date=May 8, 2026}}</ref> North Memorial CEO Trevor Sawallish will continue leading the Twin Cities region under a local board of directors, with two North Memorial board members joining the Sanford Health Board of Trustees.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/company/sanford-health-north-memorial-health-plan-to-combine/ |title=Sanford Health and North Memorial Health plan to combine |publisher=Sanford Health News |date=May 8, 2026 |access-date=May 8, 2026}}</ref> The deal is expected to close in 2026, pending regulatory approval. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison invited public comment on the merger following the announcement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/health/sanford-health-merging-with-twin-cities-based-north-memorial-health |title=Sanford Health merging with Twin Cities-based North Memorial Health |publisher=Post Bulletin |date=May 8, 2026 |access-date=May 8, 2026}}</ref>
==Centers of Excellence== Sanford Health has five "centers of excellence": cancer, children's, heart, orthopedics/sports medicine, and women's health.<ref>{{citation|last=Rodengen|first=Jeffrey L.|title=Improving the Human Condition: The Story of Sanford Health|publisher=Ft. Lauderdale: Write Stuff|date=2013|page=83}}</ref>
==Children's hospital== thumb|The new Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. '''Sanford Children's Hospital''' is a freestanding acute care children's hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is affiliated with the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. The hospital features all private rooms that consist of 118 pediatric beds. It provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout the region.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pediatrics (Children's Health) {{!}} Sanford Health {{!}} SD, ND, MN, OK|url=https://www.sanfordhealth.org/medical-services/pediatrics|access-date=2021-01-14|website=www.sanfordhealth.org|language=en}}</ref> The hospital has a rooftop helipad and is an ACS verified level II pediatric trauma center, the only one in the state.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trauma Centers|url=https://www.facs.org/search/trauma-centers?state=SD|access-date=2021-01-14|website=American College of Surgeons|language=en}}</ref> It features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit and an American Academy of Pediatrics verified level III neonatal intensive care unit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NICUSearch|url=http://www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/nicuverification/Pages/NICUSearch.aspx|access-date=2021-01-14|website=AAP.org|language=en-US}}</ref>
==World Clinics==
The Sanford World Clinic initiative, which focuses primarily on international pediatric healthcare, began in 2007. Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan in Oklahoma became the first World Clinic that year.<ref name="Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan now open">{{cite web|title=Sanford Children's Clinic Duncan now open|url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/sanford-childrens-clinic-duncan-now-open|access-date=21 May 2018|author1=Sanford Health News, August 17, 2009|date=17 August 2009}}</ref>
As of 2017, Sanford operated clinics in China, Ghana, Germany, and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanfordworldclinic.org|title=Sanford World Clinic - Providing Health and Healing Around The World|website=sanfordworldclinic.org|access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
In January 2018, it was announced that Sanford would establish World Clinics in Costa Rica, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Vietnam and expand its presence in China and Ghana.<ref name="Sanford Health increases global presence in 7 countries">{{cite web|title=Sanford Health increases global presence in 7 countries|url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/sanford-health-increases-global-presence-7-countries|access-date=21 May 2018|author1=Paul Heinert|author2=Sanford Health News, January 23, 2018|archive-date=23 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523010954/https://news.sanfordhealth.org/sanford-health-increases-global-presence-7-countries/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Facilities== {{See also|List of hospitals in North Dakota|List of hospitals in Minnesota}}
===Sports facilities=== The Sanford Fieldhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, houses 85,000 square feet of indoor sports fields. There are also batting cages, indoor tracks, and other workout equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jlgarchitects.com/work/healthcare/sanford-fieldhouse|title=Sanford Fieldhouse|website=JLG Architects|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729220938/http://jlgarchitects.com/work/healthcare/sanford-fieldhouse|archive-date=2014-07-29}}</ref> The Sanford Pentagon, also in Sioux Falls, houses nine basketball courts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jlgarchitects.com/work/landscape/sanford-pentagon|title=JLG Architects |website=Jlgarchitects.com|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref> Both of these buildings were designed with sustainability and building efficiency in mind. Sanford Health worked with JLG Architects on them.
=== Trauma centers === Sanford Health has many emergency trauma centers across the Midwest. In Sioux Falls, the Sanford USD Medical Center is a board-certified Level I Trauma Center,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/emergency-medicine/sanford-usd-level-i-trauma-center|title=Sanford USD Medical Center earns Level I trauma verification|website=www.sanfordhealth.org|date=11 September 2023|access-date=2025-08-03}}</ref> along with a Level II Pediatric Trauma center. Sanford also has Level II centers in North Dakota and Aberdeen, South Dakota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amtrauma.org/?page=findtraumacenter|title=Find Your Local Trauma Center - American Trauma Society|website=www.amtrauma.org|access-date=2017-09-10}}</ref>
In April 2018, Sanford Health's Fargo medical center was designated as a Level I Adult Trauma Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/news/level-i-trauma-center|title=Sanford Health Fargo verified a Level I Adult Trauma Center|website=www.sanfordhealth.org|date=16 August 2018|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref>
== Sponsorships == Sanford is a major sponsor of the Summit League, an NCAA Division I athletic conference whose membership now includes all of the four largest universities in the Dakotas plus one in Nebraska. At the company's invitation, the conference moved its headquarters in 2018 to a Sanford-owned office complex in Sioux Falls. Also in that year, regional media reported that Sanford-tied boosters of Augustana University, also located in Sioux Falls, were making a serious attempt to move the school's athletic program from NCAA Division II to the Summit League.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://kelo.com/news/articles/2018/may/23/summit-league-chief-sanford-tied-augustana-boosters-lobbying-for-move-to-div-i/ |title=Summit League Chief: Sanford-tied Augustana boosters lobbying for move to Div. I |first=John |last=Gaskins |publisher=KELO-TV |location=Sioux Falls, SD |date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2018 |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231143814/https://kelo.com/news/articles/2018/may/23/summit-league-chief-sanford-tied-augustana-boosters-lobbying-for-move-to-div-i/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/basketball/4478725-kolpack-all-vital-signs-pointing-augustana-joining-summit-league |title=Kolpack: All vital signs pointing to Augustana joining Summit League |first=Jeff |last=Kolpack |newspaper=Grand Forks Herald |date=July 28, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2018 |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231143753/https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/basketball/4478725-kolpack-all-vital-signs-pointing-augustana-joining-summit-league |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The company also sponsors Sanford MMA (now Kill Cliff FC) as a secondary sponsor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carlson|first=Ollie|title=Hard Knocks 365 rebrands to Sanford MMA with sponsorship from Sanford Health|url=https://thebodylockmma.com/mma/hard-knocks-365-rebrands-to-sanford-mma-with-sponsorship-from-sanford-health/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=thebodylockmma.com|date=13 December 2019|language=en-US}}</ref>
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