Black River Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital serving a large primary service area of more than 15,000 people. The hospital offers a broad spectrum of services including emergency care, medical-surgical inpatient care, obstetrics, infusion therapy, pain management, imaging, laboratory and wound care, and is one of few critical access hospitals that maintains an active labor and delivery department, delivering more than 100 babies annually. As a level 4 trauma center, the hospital provides 24/7 laboratory and imaging support, and through a partnership with Madison, Wis.-based UW Health, operates a two-bed electronic ICU that allows specialists to remotely monitor patients, keeping them close to family. In 2025, the hospital earned a Chartis Center for Rural Health “Performance Leadership Award” for excellence in quality and outcomes and was recognized as both a 2025 “Top Workplace in Healthcare” and a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” by the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance Index. In December 2024, the hospital joined with Krohn Clinic to form Black River Health, and in January 2026 completed a renovation that added a new inpatient pharmacy, patient waiting area and a meditation room with a live moss wall. Black River Health also launched a community pharmacy in October 2025.
