More Local Options for Patients, Technologically Advanced Facility
JANESVILLE, WI – Craig Samitt, M.D., President and CEO of Dean Health System and Mary Starmann-Harrison, CEO of SSM Health Care of Wisconsin (SSMHC/WI) , parent company of St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, today announced plans to develop a $140 million new community hospital campus in Janesville which will include a 50-bed hospital and an adjacent Dean physician office complex. The new campus will offer patients, doctors, nurses and local employers a choice in health care services, inside technologically sophisticated facilities.
“Janesville residents are asking for – and deserve – more health care options closer to home,” said Dr. Samitt. “In partnership with SSM Health Care of Wisconsin and St. Mary’s, we have been listening to, working with and investing in communities in Wisconsin for nearly 100 years. We are proud of our roots in Janesville and committed to developing a medical campus that meets the changing needs of the area.”
“Quality patient care is our priority,” said Ms. Starmann-Harrison “It always has been and it always will be. We are looking forward to serving the broader health care needs of the residents of Janesville.”
“The need for this new hospital is clear,” said Dr. Samitt. “Studies show that 40% of patients leave the Janesville area for care and that, by 2011, this area will need an additional 100 hospital beds. The community wants a choice in health care and, together with SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, we are well-positioned to provide it.”
The hospital will be a sister hospital of St. Mary’s, within the SSMHC/WI system. The hospital campus will be in Janesville, located near Interstate 90 at Highway 11 and is expected to open in 2010 with approximately 344 employees.
Ms. Delinda Smith, a Janesville resident and nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, said the new hospital will benefit her family and the larger community. “Being able to work in Janesville will mean more time with my children and also save me money on gas,” said Ms. Smith. “The new hospital will make a real difference in patients’ lives and in the life of this community.”
Dean’s new physician office complex, also scheduled to open in 2010, will offer a broad array of services comparable to those already provided at Dean’s Riverview Clinic. Procedures currently performed at the Riverview Surgery Center, jointly owned by Dean and SSMHC/WI, will be performed at the new hospital.
Dr. Mark McDade, a surgeon at the Riverview Clinic, expressed his support for the new hospital. “The new facility will provide patients with a continuum of care in a state-of-the-art facility. Patients, physicians and the entire region will all benefit,” said Dr. McDade.
The hospital will open with 50 beds and expand to meet the needs of the community. The facility will offer a wide range of inpatient and outpatient care. It will be designed from a patient’s perspective, with all private rooms, prompt emergency room care and electronic medical records.
In all, the hospital will provide vital services to tens of thousands of area patients, including the 20,000 Janesville area residents who are participants in Dean Health Plan.
“This hospital will provide a state-of-the-art, high quality healing environment for the changing needs of this community. Our goal is to provide exceptional health care services which exceed our patients’ expectations,” said Ms. Starmann-Harrison.
Dean Health System is a multi-physician specialty health care delivery system based in Madison, serving south-central Wisconsin. The Dean organization, including St. Mary’s Dean Venture physicians, includes approximately 500 physicians providing primary, specialty and tertiary care at almost 60 locations throughout southern Wisconsin, including the Riverview, Northview, Milton and Delavan Clinics.
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin owns and operates two hospitals and two nursing homes in Wisconsin. In addition to St. Mary’sHospital (Madison) and St.Clare Hospital (Baraboo) and their nursing homes, SSMHC/WI affiliated hospitals include Stoughton Hospital, Columbus Community Hospital, Upland Hills Health (Dodgeville), and Boscobel Area Health Care. SSMHC/WI is part of St. Louis-based SSM Health Care , the nation’s first health care organization awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
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Dean Health System is a multi-physician specialty health care delivery system based in Madison, serving south-central Wisconsin. The Dean organization and the St. Mary’s Dean Venture physicians, includes approximately 500 physicians providing primary, specialty and tertiary care at almost 60 locations throughout southern Wisconsin, including the Riverview, Northview, Milton and Delavan Clinics.
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin (SSMHC/WI) owns and operates two hospitals and two nursing homes in Wisconsin. In addition to St. Mary’s Hospital (Madison) and St. Clare Hospital (Baraboo) and their nursing homes, SSMHC/WI affiliated hospitals include Columbus Community Hospital, Stoughton Hospital, Boscobel Area Health Care and Upland Hills Health (Dodgeville). SSMHC/WI is part of St. Louis-based SSM Health Care, the nation’s first health care organization awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
