Cole Helbing, Senior Operations Manager at Essential, and Dr. Chris Anderson from Essential.
DL Breakfast Rotary’s program on 1/6/26 featured Cole Helbing, Senior Operations Manager at Essential, and Dr. Chris Anderson from Essential.

Essentia in Detroit Lakes offers quality ambulatory care, including screenings for breast, colon, and wellness checks.

Access to care includes primary care same-day appointments, virtual visits, E-visits, TCON visits, urgent care, and ER visits.

TCON visits involve patients presenting to the clinic and then teleconferencing with specialists at another location, reducing travel time to Fargo or other facilities.

Patients can access test results, video visits, email doctors, and schedule appointments online through “My Chart.”

Robotics is used for some surgeries, reducing recovery time.

Essentia serves approximately 97,000 patients, with more uninsured individuals.

Doctor shortages exist in rural areas, and AI helps reduce note-taking time, allowing notes to be created before patients leave the office.

Kiosks streamline appointment check-in.

Essentia’s Foundation uses donated funds for the community, and 97% of Detroit Lakes Essentia employees donate.