Our History
Holy Rosary Healthcare traces its origins to August 15, 1910, when the Presentation Sisters assumed management of the County Hospital in Miles City, Montana, renaming it Holy Rosary Hospital and dedicating it to the health of eastern Montana's communities. What began as a small community hospital in a rugged stretch of the high plains grew, over the following decades, into the cornerstone of healthcare for a vast rural region spanning more than a dozen counties.
For over a century, Holy Rosary stood as the healthcare anchor for communities spread across eastern Montana — a place where patients came for surgery, childbirth, emergency care, chronic disease management, and the quiet reassurances of a trusted family physician. The facility expanded steadily through the decades. In 1995, a modern unified campus was built, consolidating comprehensive healthcare services in a single location. SCL Health became the sole owner in 1997, integrating Holy Rosary into a growing faith-based, nonprofit healthcare system dedicated to serving patients across Colorado and Montana.
The organization's identity was always rooted in something larger than clinical services alone: a genuine commitment to the health of the communities it served, shaped by the Presentation Sisters' tradition of compassionate care. Community health education, preventive outreach, and support for vulnerable populations were woven into the institution's mission from its earliest years.
Founded in Miles City, Montana
The Presentation Sisters assume management of the County Hospital, renaming it Holy Rosary Hospital and dedicating it to the health of eastern Montana's communities.
Modern Unified Campus
A modern facility is built on a unified campus, consolidating inpatient, surgical, outpatient, and specialty services in a single comprehensive location.
SCL Health Acquisition
SCL Health becomes sole owner, integrating Holy Rosary into a faith-based, nonprofit health system serving Colorado and Montana.
SCL Health Merges with Intermountain Health
SCL Health merges with Intermountain Health in April 2022, forming a 60,000-person nonprofit health system across seven states in the interior west.
Holy Rosary Healthcare Continues as a Health Education Resource
As the clinical facility transitions to the Intermountain Health brand, Holy Rosary Healthcare continues as a digital health education organization — preserving the name, the mission, and 114 years of commitment to community health.
Our Mission Today
The transition from a clinical facility to a health education organization is not as dramatic a shift as it might appear. Community health education has always been central to Holy Rosary's identity. The same mission that led the Presentation Sisters to establish a hospital in a remote Montana town — making quality healthcare accessible to people who need it — now drives a commitment to making quality health information accessible to patients and families nationwide.
Our Editorial Mission
Holy Rosary Healthcare exists to provide clear, accurate, evidence-based health information that helps individuals make informed decisions about their care. We are not a clinical provider. We do not offer medical advice. What we offer is something just as essential: the kind of well-researched, honestly presented information that empowers patients to ask better questions, understand their diagnoses, and navigate a healthcare system that can feel overwhelming.
Every article we publish is written or reviewed by a qualified clinical professional and grounded in peer-reviewed research, government health data, and established clinical guidelines. We follow rigorous editorial standards and cite our sources transparently.
Our content focuses on the health topics where reliable information is most needed — and where misinformation causes the most harm. Addiction recovery, dual diagnosis treatment, mental health conditions, chronic disease management, and insurance navigation are all areas where patients routinely encounter outdated, oversimplified, or commercially motivated content. We aim to be the resource patients can actually trust.
What We Cover
Holy Rosary Healthcare publishes educational content across eight primary health verticals, with particular depth in behavioral health and integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders:
- Addiction Recovery — Treatment pathways, levels of care, medication-assisted treatment, insurance coverage, relapse prevention, and family support
- Mental Health — Anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, BPD, ADHD, eating disorders, and related conditions
- Co-Occurring Disorders & Dual Diagnosis — Our most comprehensive vertical: integrated treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, with 20+ condition-specific articles
- Substance Use Disorders — Clinical overviews of alcohol, opioid, benzodiazepine, stimulant, and cannabis use disorders
- Medical Conditions — Diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and chronic pain, with attention to behavioral health intersections
- Health Insurance Navigation — Medicare, Medicaid, ACA marketplace, and behavioral health parity coverage
- Patient Resources — Finding quality care, understanding medical bills, patient rights, and communicating with providers
- Community Health — Preventive care, healthy aging, and family wellness
Our Editorial Standards
Health information published online varies enormously in quality. At Holy Rosary Healthcare, we hold our content to the standards appropriate for YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) content — the category of information where accuracy directly affects the health and wellbeing of the reader.
Written or reviewed by a licensed clinician, researcher, or healthcare professional with relevant expertise in the subject area.
Grounded in peer-reviewed research and current clinical guidelines from SAMHSA, NIH, NIMH, NIDA, the CDC, and other authoritative sources.
All factual claims reference their sources. We do not make clinical assertions without substantiation from authoritative research.
Health information evolves as research advances. Content is reviewed and updated on a scheduled basis, with last-updated dates visible on every page.
For a full description of our content standards, review process, and editorial policies, see our Editorial Guidelines and Sources & Methodology pages.
Our Editorial Team
Holy Rosary Healthcare's content is produced and overseen by a five-member editorial team of licensed clinicians, researchers, and healthcare administrators. The team brings expertise spanning addiction medicine and social work, clinical psychology, psychiatric and community health nursing, internal medicine and public health, and health administration and compliance.
All reviewer credentials are disclosed on individual articles. Team members hold advanced degrees and licensure appropriate to their content focus areas.
Meet the full editorial team and read individual bios →
Holy Rosary Healthcare is a health education organization. We are not a clinical facility and do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Content on this site is for informational purposes only. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911. For mental health crises, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.