CHI St. Joseph's Health (Park Rapids, Minn.). CHI St. Joseph's Health is part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives. The hospital, located in a rural resort area of Minnesota with a population that expands from 23,475 to more than 50,000 in the summer, sees about 10,945 emergency room visits yearly. About 360 employees work at CHI St. Joseph's, making it the second-largest employer in the area. This year, the hospital received the Minnesota Hospital Association Award for Superior Performance in Patient Safety Improvement, in part due to its journey toward zero serious safety events in 2011. Its near-miss reporting has increased 86 percent since 2011, and its serious safety event rate has decreased from 4.25 per 10,000 adjusted patient days in 2011 to 1.55 in 2014.
