Hospital Information & History
Lakeview Medical Center is an independent, nonprofit, 75-bed community hospital that serves northwest Wisconsin. No other area hospital offers the number of full-time, resident doctors and specialists that Lakeview has on its staff.
Modern facilities, state-of-the-art technology, and innovative and caring employees make Lakeview far more hospital than most people expect to find in rural Wisconsin.
We invite you to look through this web site and discover the depth and quality of medical care available to you right here, close to home, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
Facts & Figures
Doctors..............................58
Specialties.........................18
Outpatient Visits.................over 40,000
Inpatient Stays...................over 3,000
Babies Born.......................over 400
Number of Employees.........over 400
Number of ER visits............over 14,000
Surgeries...........................over 3,800
Ambulance Runs................over 1,700
History
1919 - Under the auspices of the Wisconsin Methodist Hospital Association, Rice Lake Hospital is organized.
1922 - 100 dozen eggs sold to provide operating capital for Rice Lake Hospital.
1926 - Ambulance service started.
1928 - First Auxiliary formed.
1955 - Lakeside Methodist Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The hospital has been accredited since that date.
1975 - Ownership of Lakeside Methodist Hospital is transferred to the Community Hospital of Rice Lake.
1976 - Work begins on a total replacement facility.
1977 - People in Rice Lake and surrounding communities meet a fund drive challenge of $750,000.
1978 - Formal dedication ceremonies for Lakeview Medical Center are held on June 17.
1978 - Paramedic ambulance service started.
1979 - Hospital auxiliary reforms to serve needs of new hospital.
1981 - Outpatient Surgery started.
1987 - Community Relations department added.
1990 - Cardiac Rehab started.
1992 - Peritoneal Dialysis, Ultrasound, and Chemotherapy are added to the growing list of services.
1995 - Endoscopies are offered.
1996 - Hospice and Diabetic services started.
2000 - Health & Wellness Center opens in the Cedar Mall.
2001 - LMC is first to offer full-time ER physician coverage.
2002 - Pulmonary Rehab and Wound Ostomy Continence Care offered.
2003 - LMC teams with Spooner Health Systems to open a dialysis center in Spooner.
2004 - LMC fully implements computerized medical records.
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