You can view a PDF version of the following report online, or call 612-672-7272 to request a paper copy:
2007 Fairview Annual Report

Welcome to Fairview, where we have been giving exceptional care to each patient every day for more than a century.

A first act of compassion, service

Fairview was founded in 1906 by a group of Minneapolis leaders who chose to give care to the underserved Norwegian immigrant community. That first act of compassion and service to community led to Fairview Hospital, a facility that endured the devastating 1918 flu epidemic, the challenges of two world wars and the transformation of hospitals into a modern-day health care system.

Today, Fairview is one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in Minnesota, with a continuum of care unparalleled in its breadth. Fairview is redefining the delivery of health care through an integrated health network, providing care from prevention and disease management to treatment of the most complex of life-threatening injuries and illnesses.

The power of partnership

Our merger and pioneering partnership with the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Physicians puts us at the forefront of world-class research and innovative patient treatments. The University of Minnesota is world-renowned for leading in transplants, heart surgery and treatments for other diseases. The partnership we entered in 1997 stands as a national model for academic- and community-based health system collaboration.

It also underscores our national standing systemwide, from the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview's ranking among the nation's top 50 hospitals in 11 specialty areas in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" edition and its designation as a Neuroscience Center of Excellence to national recognition of the stroke program at Fairview Southdale Hospital, the Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center at the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview's National Institute for Media and the Family, the Somali Doula Program and Fairview-University Blood and Marrow Transplant Services – both at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview  – as well as nationally recognized clinical and administrative professionals. We also have the region's largest children's hospital.

One century after Fairview's doors opened to the community, we have grown to more than 19,000 employees working in seven hospitals, 37 primary care clinics and 50 specialty clinics throughout the state.

Our values

As we begin our second century, we will continue to give exceptional care to each patient – regardless of cultural, ethnic or racial status – every day.

Fairview gives direct community care and community benefit worth millions of dollars every year through free and discounted care, community programs, scholarships and related education. (Read how we fulfill our charitable mission in our report to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance).

Our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and our values of dignity, integrity, service and compassion obligate us to do no less. We also strive to provide culturally appropriate care through our employees, who include medical interpreters fluent in 14 languages (including American sign language) in addition to TTY and other services for those with hearing problems. 

Our promise to you

Looking ahead to the next 100 years, we have made a promise to our patients. Based on the Institute of Medicine's six aims of care, Fairview promises patients care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable. Read more about Patient Safety.

We believe that keeping our promise to you will help us achieve our new vision:  Our passion for excellence for our patients drives us, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, to be the best health care delivery system for America.

Thank you for visiting fairview.org and for taking the time to learn where Fairview has been and where we are headed.