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An Overview of Meriter



Nurse with PatientMeriter Health Services is an innovative, comprehensive organization whose vision is to provide the best total healthcare experience to everyone we serve. Meriter's mission is to heal this day, to teach for tomorrow, to embrace excellence always, to serve our communities – for a lifetime of quality health care.

Meriter employs more than 3,200 people, who are all expected to follow Meriter's Code of Ethics & Standards of Conduct. Meriter is proud to be accredited by the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission is a nationwide seal of approval that indicates an organization meets high performance standards. Our accreditation helps us raise our level of patient care, improve our performance, and demonstrate accountability in a rapidly changing health care marketplace.

Meriter Hospital

Meriter Hospital is a 448-bed, not-for-profit community hospital offering a wide-ranging scope of medical and surgical services to residents from throughout southern Wisconsin. It is a major teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin, and the fifth largest hospital in Wisconsin.

More than 1,100 physicians representing all specialties are members of the medical staff. Meriter Medical Group is a growing multi-specialty group and UW Health Physicians is the major affiliated physician group. Note that you can search a directory of all physicians that practice at Meriter Hospital in the Meriter Physicians section of this site.

Meriter distinguishes itself in two specific areas, its Cardiovascular Center of Excellence and its Women's Health Center of Excellence. Key service lines include Medicine, Surgery, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Meriter also offers the region's only community-based Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital. Detailed information about the hospital's departments and services can be found in the Meriter Services section of this site.
 

Meriter Medical Clinics

As the Madison area grows, there is an increased request for primary care services. As part of Meriter's mission to serve the community, we offer Meriter Medical Clinics in Middleton and West Madison.


Meriter Medical Group

The Meriter Medical Group is the employed multi-specialty physician group of Meriter Hospital. Currently the group consists of more than 50 providers with a focus on improving patient access and providing the best patient care possible.

Meriter Medical Group seeks to be the destination of choice for patients, staff and physicians throughout Dane County and southern Wisconsin. The Meriter Medical Group currently includes cardiothoracic surgeons, hospitalists, internists, physiatrists and addictionologists.
 

Meriter Home Health

Meriter Home Health has provided comprehensive home health care services in southern Wisconsin for more than 15 years. Highly trained professionals are dedicated to ensuring a smooth transition from a hospital, nursing home or clinic to home. Meriter Home Health also carries a wide range of medical products.


Meriter Laboratories

Meriter Laboratories is a trusted provider of reference  laboratory services to physicians, researchers, skilled nursing facilities, clinics and hospitals.


Meriter Foundation

A not-for-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization, Meriter Foundation is the charitable arm of Meriter Health Services, raising, investing, granting and stewarding gifts on behalf of Meriter Hospital.


Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation

Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation

 

Meriter owns two-thirds of Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation, a nationally recognized health maintenance organization (HMO) serving the south-central region of Wisconsin. The company serves approximately 100,000 enrollees.

8/22/2009