Transitioning from 100-year-old St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health Center to a new $100 million facility was an exciting challenge for the staff, according to an article on the Prairie Business website.

Several of St. Joseph’s independent clinics came together under one roof for the first time in the new facility — its women’s clinic; the Dakota Bone and Joint Clinic; the Badlands Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic; and the St. Joseph’s Surgical Care Clinic — alongside family practice, physical therapy, walk-in care, sports medicine and, later, pediatrics, the article said.

The logistics of combining several locations into one comprehensive clinic were a great challenge, according to Dennis Cannon, vice president of mission, facilities and support services.

Non-essential items from the hospital and clinics trickled over to the hospital in advance of its first day; the rest of the equipment came over Dec. 1, Cannon said. But the biggest, perhaps most logistically challenging, came when patients were transferred across town from the current hospital.

The move occurred on midnight, Dec. 8, when both facilities will operate until the transition is complete.

Read the article.