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What type of company is the Great Falls Clinic? We are a for-profit healthcare organization/multi-specialty group practice. What are the company values? Goals? Strategic initiatives? Our core values: We exist for the patient; employees are our greatest asset; we commit to excellence; we encourage leadership through teamwork; we promote professional growth and community stewardship; setting and achieving mission driven goals will determine success. Originally based on the vision that quality healthcare need not be confined to large urban centers, our mission today is focused on becoming Montana's healthcare choice. The combination of physicians and employees working together to improve patient care is our commitment and can be defined as "Team Care." By this commitment, we strive to constantly perform better services and create more value for the people we serve. What year did Great Falls Clinic startup in Great Falls? Four young doctors, already busy enough in their solo practices of frontier-type medicine, met under the leadership of Dr. E.M. "Pa" Larson, a general practitioner and surgeon, and decided to become a clinic of specialists. Thus, the Great Falls Clinic, the first group practice in Montana, and one of the first in the West, was born in 1917. Joined by a desire to improve medical care in North Central Montana, these four general practitioners felt they could practice more effectively and efficiently through group practice. This pioneering tradition of medicine continues to thrive today at the Great Falls Clinic. How many employees did it start with? How many employees do you have now? It started with four physician owners and several employees in 1917 and grew to 622 physicians and employees now today. 66 Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce www.greatfallschamber.org GREAT FALLS CLINIC F E AT U R E D Q & A Photo by Photo Solutions