Our History

Affiliated Community Medical Centers formed on January 1, 1971, with the merger of Willmar Clinic and Lakeland Medical Center. The clinic was called Willmar Medical Center at that time. It was composed of 18 physicians and two administrators with the specialties of Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery and Urology represented. The original founders felt that a larger healthcare organization would allow greater opportunities in the healthcare industry to attract additional physicians, allow them to purchase additional high-tech medical equipment and improve efficiencies.