Billings Clinic history

Stillwater Hospital Association was formed in 1914.

In 1915, after practicing on his own, Movius had Doctor J.H. Bridenbaugh join him as an assistant.

When Bridenbaugh went to war in 1917, he was assigned to radiology and received basic training in that field.

During the 1920's a third general practitioner joined the group.

In 1922, The Reverend Charles D. Crouch was appointed by Bishop Charles Wesley Burns to complete the fundraising effort.

By 1930, five other physicians joined Movius and Bridenbaugh, forming the Movius-Bridenbaugh Clinic, which specialized in obstetrics, fractures, and trauma.

In 1939, the clinic conceived a plan to recruit new physicians as partners of the hospital, changing the name to The Billings Clinic.

The Association operated the Stillwater Community Hospital in a two story brick building through both good and challenging times into the 1940’s.

Construction began on a new clinic across the street from Billings Deaconess Hospital in 1950.

By 1952, the hospital added a north wing, increasing bed capacity to 144.

By 1961, a south wing was added, increasing the number of beds to 205.

In 1972, the hospital pioneered Billings' first open-heart surgery.

In 1993, the Billings Clinic and Deaconess Medical Center merged to become an integrated health care organization named Deaconess Billings Clinic.

In 2001, The Family Birth Center was opened, offering a 12-suite LDRP unit, a new concept in birthing for the area.

In 2005, Deaconess Billings Clinic changed its name to Billings Clinic.

In 2007, The Emergency & Trauma Center opened, offering expanded state-of-the-art emergency and Intensive Care services.

In 2009, the Billings Clinic opened a cancer center, at a cost of $31.9-million.

A new brick building was constructed and served as home to Stillwater Community Hospital until 2012 when Stillwater Hospital Association membership base changed to one sole member, Billings Clinic, and a new state of the art facility was constructed in Columbus in 2012.

In 2013, The Billings Clinic joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and other health organizations to allow those organizations to access Mayo's clinical expertise.