Health Integration Moves Forward

The CEO of Rainy Lake Medical Centre says challenges in health care in the United States have made it necessary for the integration of medical facilities in International Falls.

The former Falls Memorial Hospital joined with the Duluth Clinic on July 1st.

Brian Long says the integration is moving along and doing what they can to achieve efficiencies.

"Right now we are probably operating in an environment very similar to we're used to," says Long, "but where that environment is going under some of new national directions is uncertain."

Long says they're also still in the planning stages of a new single facility which could be at least a couple of years ago.