Editing Billings, Montana (section)

===Healthcare===
The city's rapidly growing health care sector employed nearly 13,000 people in 2012; they earned $641 million in wages, or about 20 percent of all wages in the city. Employment doubled in 25 years and wage rates in constant dollars grew by 162 percent.<ref>Mike Ferguson, "Billings' health care system a significant part of the local economy, study shows," [http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/billings-health-care-system-a-significant-part-of-the-local/article_343f0a6b-fefa-5a2a-9cc6-4348935a0310.html ''Billings Gazette'' Dec. 14, 2014]</ref> The city has two hospitals with Level I Trauma Center status: St. Vincent Regional Hospital and [[Billings Clinic]].

St. Vincent Regional Hospital was founded in 1898 by the [[Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth]] as St. Vincent Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://svh-mt.org/history|publisher=St. Vincent Healthcare|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321153223/http://svh-mt.org/History|archive-date=March 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The name was changed to the present name in 2024.<ref>{{cite news|last=Forte|first=Travia|title=St. Vincents will Now Be Known As St. Vincent Regional Hospital|url=https://www.kulr8.com/news/st-vincents-will-now-be-known-as-st-vincent-regional-hospital/article_ca743be2-af67-11ee-bf6e-5b65cab291c7.html|access-date=March 27, 2024|website=KULR-8|date=January 9, 2024}}</ref> In 2011, the hospital and its 30 clinics employed approximately 2,100 people and received more than 400,000 patient visits each year.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Facts|url=http://svh-mt.org/2011_facts|publisher=St. Vincent Healthcare|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> In 2022, the hospital announced plans to build a new 295-bed facility as a replacement for its current building.<ref>{{cite news|last=Conlon|first=Casey|title=St. Vincent Healthcare announces plans to build 'replacement' hospital in Billings|url=https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/st-vincent-healthcare-announces-plans-to-build-replacement-hospital-in-billings|access-date=March 28, 2024|website=KULR-8|date=June 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=St. Vincent inviting local tradespeople to partner on multi-million-dollar hospital replacement|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/st-vincent-inviting-local-tradespeople-to-partner-on-multi-million-dollar-hospital-replacement/article_b1c2b57c-fb41-11ed-b678-a78b26db87d0.html|access-date=March 28, 2024|work=Billings Gazette|date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> The following year, it achieved [[Trauma center#Level I|Level I Trauma Center]] status.<ref>{{cite news|title=St. Vincent Hospital achieves Level I Trauma Center status|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/intermountain-health-trauma1-billings-montana/article_c260d97c-fdb6-11ee-aecf-bf4ee418a73b.html|access-date=July 17, 2024|work=Billings Gazette|date=April 18, 2024}}</ref> It is the second largest hospital in the state, behind Billings Clinic. St. Vincent Regional Hospital is run by Intermountain Health,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://intermountainhealthcare.org/about |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=intermountainhealthcare.org |language=en}}</ref> which operates over 30 hospitals across the mountain west, including two others in Montana.

[[Billings Clinic]] started in 1911 as the general practice of Dr. Arthur J. Movius. By 1939, three new general practitioners had joined Dr. Movius's practice and the name was changed to The Billings Clinic. Billings Deaconess Hospital (founded in 1907) merged with Billings Clinic in 1990 to form the current hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Billings Clinic|url=http://www.billingsclinic.com/body.cfm?id=969|publisher=Billings Clinic|access-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712112159/http://www.billingsclinic.com/body.cfm?id=969|archive-date=July 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Billings Clinic now employs over 4,500 people,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billingsclinic.com/about-us/|title=Billings Clinic - About Us|website=Billingsclinic.com}}</ref> including nearly 600 physicians, and is one of the largest employers in Montana.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Billings Clinic|url=http://www.billingsclinic.com/AboutUs|publisher=Billings Clinic|access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> In January 2013, Billings Clinic was added to the Mayo Clinic Care Network, only the 12th hospital nationally to be added to the network and the only such health system in Montana.<ref>{{cite news|last=Uken|first=Cindy|title=Billings Clinic forms formal relationship with Mayo Clinic|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/billings-clinic-forms-formal-relationship-with-mayo-clinic/article_33b16cdb-a285-5ade-839e-93694a98399d.html|access-date=February 1, 2013|newspaper=Billings Gazette|date=January 9, 2013}}</ref> In 2023, Billings Clinic became the first Level I Trauma Center in Montana and Wyoming, covering a region of nearly 550 miles.

Other medical facilities include the Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center, Rimrock Foundation (addiction treatment both inpatient and outpatient), Advanced Care Hospital of Montana (a 40-bed long-term acute-care hospital), South Central Montana Mental Health Center, Billings VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Billings Clinic Research Center (pharmaceutical field trials, osteoporosis are two long-time focuses), Billings MRI, City/County Public Health's Riverstone Health, HealthSouth Surgery Center and Physical Therapy offices, Baxter/Travenol BioLife plasma collection center, and many independent practices.