Program areas at Rainy Lake Medical Center
Rainy Lake Medical Center (rlmc) provides inpatient and outpatient Hospital services. In 2022, rlmc had 1,999 inpatient days and had 5,885 emergency room visits. In addition, rlmc provides general, orthopedic, and ophthalmology surgery, various imaging modalities, laboratory services, therapy services, and other Hospital ancillary services.
In addition to providing direct patient care and in furtherance of its charitable purpose, rlmc provides a wide variety of benefits to the community including offering various community based service programs, cash contributions to non-profit agencies, the donation of space for use by community groups, and staff time to mentoring/job shadowing. Additionally, a number of health related education programs are provided for the benefit of the community, including health enhancements and wellness, classes on specific conditions, and programs designed to improve the general standards of the health of the community. Rlmc also actively promotes its community care program, which provides free or reduced cost healthcare to patients who are unable to pay fully for services received.
Rlmc provides clinic based services at two locations, International Falls, mn and little fork, mn. In addition to primary care visits, a number of specialty services are offered such as rheumatology, orthopedic, ob/gyn, dermatology, opthalmology, and oncology. In total, 12,692 clinic visits occurred in 2022.