Part of the Marian Health System, Ministry Health Care is a network of hospitals, clinics, and other health facilities serving all of Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota. The network includes 15 acute and tertiary care hospitals (such as the 500-bed Saint Joseph's Hospital of Marshfield), as well as about 50 physician clinics, long-term and assisted living facilities, home health agencies, hospices, and other community health programs and services. Ministry Health Care's flagship facility was founded in 1890 by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother as a Catholic health care system to contribute to the well-being of the community. Ministry Health Care and Marian Health System merged with Ascension Health in 2013.