Health Care: Live, and Live Well

Healthcare is essential. It is essential for healthy people, healthy communities, and there is simply no substitute for living in the most beautiful place while also having access to top-notch medical services.

The health care industry is the leading employer in Flathead County with broad growth and economic gains. The presence of quality health care providers stimulates our local economy and is a primary focus for families and individuals looking to relocate to our valley.

Comprising the health care system in Kalispell, Montana and the Flathead Valley are two acute-care hospitals (Logan Health and the HealthCenter), a skilled nursing facility, multiple fitness facilities, a mental health facility, a substance abuse facility, and more than 20 primary and specialty care physician clinics. Core health services in the Flathead Valley consists of cancer, cardiovascular, emergency care, family health, neuroscience and spine care, orthopedics, pediatrics, prevention and wellness, gastrointestinal, and surgery.

Logan Health is the valley’s primary medical services provider and its core facility is the largest hospital and health care facility in Northwest Montana. Located in the heart of Kalispell, Logan Health been consistently expanding specialty care, including a recent $64 million of new construction for a Women’s and Children’s Center, Gastrointestinal Center, and expansion of the Emergency Room. In addition to the recent expansions on its Kalispell campus, Logan Health expanded further in 2016 and acquired North Valley Hospital just north of Kalispell in Whitefish, which offers some of the finest medical facilities and patient-centered care of any resort community in the nation.

Logan Health and the many other health care providers across the Flathead Valley have grown to meet the preventative, acute, and rehabilitation needs of the area’s population, affording our residents the opportunity to stay local for most major health care needs. To add to our areas increasing health care network, economists are predicting a 21% increase in health care jobs between now and 2024, creating approximately 1,300 new positions.