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ustin has a wide variety of healthcare providers to address
counseling and medical family planning services for at-risk and low-income men
all your healthcare needs. From our large medical center, to services Infant and Children (WIC) and more. A family planning clinic provides education,
provided by Mower County, to private service providers, your body, mind and soul and women.
will be nurtured here in Austin.
Search no further than Austin for mental health providers, whether connected to
Mayo Clinic Health System brings world-class care to you, right here in Austin. Mayo Clinic Health System or for other practitioners in specialty clinics or in
They’ve welcomed new experts in new fields, expanded access to existing services private practice. Austin has a number of well-established providers for dental
and invested in the newest medical technologies, all with the goal of delivering care and chiropractic care, in addition to professionals for massage, yoga and
the best care close to home. In addition to primary care, the medical center in acupuncture.
Austin offers access to medical specialty, surgical, emergency, and hospital care.
Many local specialists spend time sharing best practices and consulting with Austin’s seniors are well served by a number of nursing and retirement homes, an
experts in Rochester–traveling so you don’t have to! Additionally, you can access active senior center, and memory care facilities.
care through a nurse line, an express care clinic, online express care,
telemedicine, or by connecting with the care team securely through a Patient The Hormel Institute, a world-famous cancer research center funded and developed
Online Services account. Urgent Care or same day clinic appointments are by the Hormel Foundation, is located right here in Austin. It remains focused on
available, and the Emergency Room is open 24/7. the vision it has had since its beginning in 1942–to help humanity by improving
health through scientific research. The Institute has made significant discoveries
Mower Refreshed, a wellness movement that started with Mayo Clinic Health that have advanced the health potential for people worldwide, including the
System in Austin, is a connecting point for people in the Mower County area to research and naming of omega 3, and finding natural cancer preventative
share and develop ideas that grow wellness. This grass-roots organization is compounds found in foods such as ginger and green tea. Discoveries such as
reaching out to community organizations to encourage community-driven these, any many more, lead to improved health and disease prevention around
wellbeing that can foster health and resilience in individuals, families, and whole the world.
communities to make healthy living easier and more accessible.
Local businesses are progressively working to provide easier access or even onsite
A variety of community health programs and services are available through Mower access to healthcare for their employees–just another way in which Austin is
County, such as vaccinations, maternal and child health home visits, Women, someplace special!