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Dakotas Health System Merger Approved
11/2/2009
The two largest health systems in the Dakotas have now merged.

The Fargo-based MeritCare board of trustees voted Monday morning to approve the merger with Sanford Health of Sioux Falls, S.D. It takes effect immediately.

Officials say Sanford`s board approved the merger last week.

The new system is Sanford Health & MeritCare. It has 14,000 employees.

The hospitals will have a coverage area of 130,000 square miles, including parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.

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