Monument Health Opens Two Additional Clinics, Broadening Health Care Access

Monument Health's new Rapid Valley Clinic opens to patients today, expanding health care access in the rapidly growing community. The clinic represents Monument Health's commitment to bringing care closer to home for area residents.

This marks the second such facility to open within the past month. On August 4, Box Elder Clinic opened.

Both clinics aim to address the significant health care needs of the growing communities of Box Elder and Rapid Valley. Prior to their opening, approximately 30% of the patients who visited the two Rapid City Urgent Care locations were residents of Box Elder or Rapid Valley, demonstrating the clear demand for local health care services.

Both facilities offer family medicine, primary care and urgent care services. The clinics feature on-site laboratory and digital x-ray services, with walk-in medical treatment available seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Both clinics have five urgent care rooms, six family medicine rooms and a treatment room for setting sprains or stitching wounds.

"These new clinics represent our commitment to meeting patients where they are," said Thane Gale, M.D., Medical Director of Monument Health Urgent Care. "Residents of Box Elder and Rapid Valley no longer need to drive into Rapid City for routine care or urgent medical needs. We're bringing comprehensive primary and urgent care services directly to their neighborhoods."

The new clinics represent Monument Health's third and fourth free-standing urgent care facilities in the Rapid City area, joining locations at 2116 Jackson Blvd. and 1303 N. Lacrosse St.