Benefis is the state's largest Montana-based health system, serving roughly 225,000 people across an area larger than Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.

As a tertiary medical center, Benefis provides comprehensive services, from trauma and emergency care to high-level programs for cancer, heart and vascular disease, orthopedics, bariatrics, radiology and home-health care. Benefis also is among Montana's first providers of daVinci Robotic Surgery.

In 2009, Benefis opened the seven-story South Tower on its East Campus, housing the Benefis Heart and Vascular Institute, Obstetrics, Pediatrics and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The South Tower also is home to the Benefis Breast Center, one of only two programs in an eight-state region recognized by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

Also located on the East Campus is the Benefis Sletten Cancer Institute. Benefis SCI offers comprehensive cancer care and state-of-the-art equipment, including CyberKnife radiosurgery. Patients undergoing treatment at Benefis SCI can stay free at the adjacent Gift of Life housing units, funded by the Benefis Healthcare Foundation.

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In early 2010 the Orthopedic Center of Montana opened. It's a partnership of Benefis Health System and Great Falls Orthopedic Associates. The 72,000-square-foot building is connected to the South Tower on the Benefis East Campus by sky bridge and will house surgical services, a spine center, imaging, walk-in injury care, athletic performance training, sports medicine, physician offices and physical-, occupational- and speech-therapy services.

The Benefis West Campus at 500 15th Ave. S. is home to the Benefis Quick Care clinic, providing walk-in and same-day appointments.  The Benefis Transitional Care Unit, Behavioral Health and the newly remodeled Rehabilitation Unit also are located on the West Campus. In 2009, the West Campus celebrated the grand opening of the Benefis Med Spa & Vein Center, offering laser skin rejuvenation and vein treatments.

For more informatin, go to the Benefis Health System Web site.