About Heart of America Medical Center

Prayer for Heart of America Medical Center

Almighty God we thank You for both the privilege and responsibility of our calling to serve in healthcare. And we thank You for the vision and desire to take our healthcare system to the highest level of care possible, and ask for Your continued blessings on our endeavors and facilities as we strive to provide compassionate care in our hospital, nursing homes and clinics.Please grant us both the wisdom and humility to direct our united effort in doing for others only as You would have us do. Guide us so that we may use the privilege of service to help all Your children with Your love. Please give us the strength to labor diligently, the courage to speak and think with kindness and conviction, to act with goodness without pride or prejudice. Heavenly Father as Your Word says: “Let us not become weary in doing good.”  Amen

Heart of America Medical Center Picture from 1949

Good Samaritan Hospital Association was founded by farsighted, pioneer Lutheran pastors dedicated to community service. This sense of loyalty has been a landmark for the organization since its inception in 1904. The association, which has sustained Rugby's hospital and medical services since 1904, is supported by 27 area churches of several denominations.

Today the Good Samaritan Hospital Association, doing business as Heart of America Medical Center, is a licensed 25-bed critical access hospital, surgical suite and a nursing facility.

Haaland Estates, the association's 80-bed basic care facility and assisted living apartments, first opened as an intermediate care nursing home in 1962.

Johnson Clinic, founded in 1933 by Dr. Olafur W. Johnson, merged with Heart of America Medical Center to form Heart of America Johnson Clinics in 2010.