Whois & Analysis for altru.org

Altru Health System is an American healthcare provider headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Altru Health System is a not for profit organization that serves a region with a population base of roughly 225,000.

Altru Health System employs 3,500 people including a 160+ physician medical group.

Altru Health System was formed from a merger of the former United Hospital and the Grand Forks Clinic.

Altru Health System is the second largest healthcare provider in North Dakota, after Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota.

Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.

In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care.

Home care (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care) is supportive care provided in the home.

Care may be provided by licensed healthcare professionals who provide medical treatment needs or by professional caregivers who provide daily assistance to ensure the activities of daily living (ADLs) are met.

In-home medical care is often and more accurately referred to as "home health care" or formal care.

Often, the term home health care is used to distinguish it from non-medical care, custodial care, or private-duty care which refers to assistance and services provided by persons who are not nurses, doctors, or other licensed medical personnel.

For terminally ill patients, home care may include hospice care.

For patients recovering from surgery or illness, home care may include rehabilitative therapies.

Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the State of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and is the county seat of Grand Forks County.

According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while the total of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461.

Grand Forks, along with its twin city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, forms the center of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is often called Greater Grand Forks or The Grand Cities.

A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a healthcare facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients.

Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded.

They typically cover the primary healthcare needs of populations in local communities, in contrast to larger hospitals which offer specialised treatments and admit inpatients for overnight stays.