HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital that was first founded in 1921 and joined Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System in 2014. Since then, the hospital has expanded inpatient, outpatient and transitional care services on its campus. The hospital operates the only advanced wound care center with a hyperbaric oxygen chamber north of Green Bay and south of Iron Mountain, providing a highly specialized service not otherwise available in the region. In 2025, HSHS St. Clare Memorial received the American Heart Association’s “Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Rural Recognition Gold” award and its “STEMI Referring Center Bronze Plus” recognition for its commitment to rapid, research-based care for patients experiencing ST elevation myocardial infarction. The hospital was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” by Chartis in 2022 and received a Chartis “Performance Leadership Award” in 2023 for excellence in quality, outcomes and patient experience, along with a 2023 Press Ganey Human Experience “Guardian of Excellence” award for physician alignment. In spring 2025, HSHS St. Clare Memorial and Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health established a robust team of orthopedic care specialists, including fellowship-trained surgeons offering orthopedics, foot and ankle care, pain and spine care, physical and occupational therapy and hip, knee, hand and sports medicine specialty services. The hospital also partners with Prevea Health to operate outpatient clinics across five surrounding communities.
