About Access Family Health & Avera Medical Group Worthington

Access Family Health & Avera Medical Group Worthington is a primary care group practice with 12 physicians in five specialties. The current medical staff includes 2 internists, 6 nurse practitioners and family medicine physicians, 3 pediatricians, 2 OB/GYN physicians and a certified nurse midwife, 1 general surgeon and a social worker/behavioral health therapist. All physicians are board certified or board eligible. The clinic was built in 2013 and is located just 10 blocks from the hospital.  The clinic has its own laboratory, x-ray, mammography, ultrasound, pulmonary function and cardiovascular stress testing equipment. 

About the Hospital

Sanford Hospital is a fully accredited facility with 50 acute care beds. The hospital provides a full range of inpatient services including comprehensive diagnostic imaging, CT scanning, MRI, ultrasound, a full service laboratory and home health care. The hospital has 4 operating rooms and an emergency room staffed 24 hours a day with qualified emergency medicine physicians. The community also has two nursing homes that provide 150 long-term beds.

Community

• Population 13,000
• Schools – K-6 Catholic, a Christian school, a bi-lingual language academy school, 2 public elementary schools, one public junior high and one high school as well as a community and technical college
• Wide range of recreational activities for adults and children - see a full list of recreational activities and learn more about Worthington by visiting the Worthington Chamber website

 

Education

Worthington offers a Catholic K-6 school and a Christian school in addition to the public schools; 2 elementary, one junior high, one senior high and a community and technical college.

Recreation

This lovely community is built around a 795-acre lake, Lake Okabena, and offers all water sports: boating, water skiing, wind surfing and fishing. The city has more than 20 parks, an outdoor pool with water slide, softball & baseball fields, tennis courts, golf courses and more.  See a full list of recreational activities and learn more about Worthington by visiting the Worthington Chamber website.