Welcome from Colleen | Mission | Vision | Values | Our History

 

Welcome from Our CEO

Colleen Spike

Welcome to River’s Edge Hospital & Clinic. River’s Edge Hospital & Clinic has been nationally recognized as a progressive leader in quality and patient safety initiatives and has been designated as a mentor hospital by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

 

In 2009, River’s Edge Hospital & Clinic was recognized by Larson Allen LLP, one of the top twenty financial advisory firms in the nation, as a Gold Standard Performing Critical Access Hospital.

 

While we are very proud of our many accomplishments, our greatest accomplishment is the continuation of over seventy years of health care delivery to the people of St. Peter and the surrounding communities.

Our philosophy embraces all evidence-based health care delivery models which nurture and respect all aspect’s of a person’s life – mind, body and spirit.

 

Thank you for putting your trust and confidence in us. We are proud to serve you.

 

Colleen Spike, CEO

 

Mission/Vision

River's Edge Hospital & Clinic provides quality health services that value all dimensions of health including mind, body and spirit. Our goal is to improve the health of all individuals we serve through continuous, measurable improvement in patient satisfaction, clinical quality and operational effectiveness.

 

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Values

Compassionate Care

• Treat individuals and one another with dignity and respect
  
• Create a healing environment in partnership with caregivers, patients and family
  
• Advocate for our patients

 

Collaboration

• Recognize and strengthen relationships with all who are committed to serving our patients
  
• Advocate for and with the communities we serve
  
• Encourage patients to participate in their care to make well-informed decisions

 

 

Stewardship

• Devote our resources to delivering quality, safe and cost-effective health services
  
• Ensure access to health care services regardless of ability to pay
  
• Lead innovation in health care reform

 

Integrity

• Honor our commitments to patients, families and community
  
• Communicate openly and honestly
  
• Demonstrate reliability and consistency in all we do
  
• Use these values as a collective guide for our actions

 

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Our History

The first physician to serve the settlers of the St. Peter area was Dr. Hiram Wesley Catlin. A medical school graduate of the University of Louisville in 1850. He arrived in St. Peter in 1855 and served the settlers until his death December 26, 1861. Dr. Asa Daniels, surgeon and an advocate for the Dakota Indians, arrived in St. Peter in 1861 following his service at Ft. Ridgley and as medical officer at the Lower Sioux Agency. When he arrived in St. Peter he cared for the sick and wounded in a makeshift hospital, the Ewing House (Brinkman’s Apartments) located on the corner of Third and Walnut Streets.

 

The first medical facility in St. Peter was The Home Sanitarium operated by A. Kloss. In 1927 Dr. W. W. Covell, a World War I Surgeon purchased the Theodore Knoll building (currently Patrick’s) at the corner of Third and Park Row. He opened a 20-bed hospital, and added an additional floor and 8 rooms in 1931. The facility closed in 1938. In 1935 a second hospital flourished and was operated by Cora and Leonard Hughs, it was known as the Cora-Lee Hospital.

In 1938 the City of St. Peter opened a new 38-bed facility at the corner of Washington and Broadway, and in 1959 added a 45-bed addition known as the East Wing.

 

In 2004 the new St. Peter Community Hospital opened on August 8 at 6 p.m. The campus encompasses approximately 26 acres, the size of the hospital is 62,000 sq ft and the project cost was $15.6 million; of which $1.3 million was from community pledges. All 17 rooms are private. It is the first hospital in Minnesota to feature Wellness patient rooms, which feature new Sanijet Pipeless Whirlpool baths. River’s Edge Hospital is also the smallest Mentor Hospital in the nation, having received more than 1,000 inquiries about its quality improvement initiatives.

 

In the fall of 2008, the hospital changed its name to River’s Edge Hospital & Clinic to reflect the growth of the health care campus. The River’s Edge Clinic opened as a department of the hospital April 2009 and is located in the medical office building which comprises almost 25,000 sq. ft. The total project cost is $6.2 million.

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