UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital
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About
UnityPoint Health – Meriter provides convenient, personal care to patients in hospital and clinic settings. As a partner of UW Health, our team uses shared values to show our people and communities how much they matter. Offering primary and specialty care, including the busiest birthing center in Wisconsin, Meriter is regularly recognized for outstanding quality and patient experience.We are proud to be part of UnityPoint Health. Providing care throughout Iowa, western Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Hours & Location Details
Services Offered
Featured services & Treatments
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Behavioral & Mental Health
Find compassionate care from our experienced team of behavioral and mental health experts at UnityPoint Health.Behavioral & Mental Health
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Maternity and Newborn Care
You deserve the very best for you and your baby. Our comprehensive birth care services provide individualized care, support and education throughout pregnancy, delivery and recovery.Maternity and Newborn Care
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Primary Care
UnityPoint Clinic primary care providers deliver high-quality, personalized care to help you maintain your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider can diagnose and treat many health-related conditions and will coordinate your care if you need to see a specialist.Primary Care
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Pediatrics
Our team of pediatric providers specialize in children’s health and offer a wide range of services from well-child visits, immunizations and illnesses, to treating unexpected sports injuries and managing complex medical conditions.Pediatrics
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Therapy & Rehabilitation
When you’re recovering from surgery, an injury or dealing with pain or another health condition that affects your ability to function, UnityPoint Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation can help you regain your independence and improve mobility.Therapy & Rehabilitation
Surgical Services
Our surgical wing features eighteen state-of-the-art surgical rooms with leading-edge technology and integrated information technology systems.
Operating like a high-tech command center, our operating rooms are equipped with digital imaging equipment and three flat-screen monitors suspended from the ceiling and one 42-inch monitor hung on the wall. Through a high technology switching station, nurses access real-time images from endoscopic cameras, as well as stored digital images of x-rays, MRI and CT scans and can send the images to the screens located around the surgical table to meet the precise needs of the patient and surgeon.
Pre-surgery and post-operative room are all private rooms providing for the privacy and comfort of patients and their family members.
Our Community
Meriter Foundation
Nonprofit foundation responsible for managing gifts, grants, community philanthropic activities and investment.
Learn More About Meriter FoundationCommunity Relations
UnityPoint Health – Meriter is proud to be Dane County's community health system. A not-for-profit led by a community Board of Directors, our organization's mission is clear: improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
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History
2023
The Jeff Levy Education Center remodel is completed providing a refreshed space for advanced member training, patient and community education, and Employee Health Services.
2022
The Phlebotomy Scholars Program starts and UnityPoint Health – Meriter becomes a member of the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality.
2021
UnityPoint Health – Meriter creates the Talent Management/Organizational Development Center of Expertise.
2020
Work begins on a major expansion to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital to expand the Intensive Outpatient and Partial hospitalization capacity.
2019
Work begins on a major expansion to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital to expand the Intensive Outpatient and Partial hospitalization capacity.
2018
Sue Erickson becomes UnityPoint Health – Meriter’s first female CEO.
2017
UW Health and UnityPoint Health – Meriter establish a new business relationship that closely and formally links the two health systems. The resulting Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) is unique among healthcare systems and strengthens Meriter's community mission while allowing UW Health to expand its leadership in high-level care. In addition, Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation affiliates with the Quartz brand, along with Unity Health Insurance (Unity) and Gundersen Health Plan, to better serve a broader range of members.
2016
Meriter is named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM. For the fifth consecutive year, Meriter was named "Most Wired" by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
2015
Meriter is named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM. For the fifth consecutive year, Meriter was named "Most Wired" by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
2014
Meriter is a 2013 recipient of the National Research Corporations' Innovative Best Practice award, Top Rated Adult Doctors award and Top-Rated Pediatric Doctors award. The final phase of a 3-year construction project for the Birthing Center and Family Care Suites finishes.
2013
Meriter is a 2013 recipient of the National Research Corporations' Innovative Best Practice award, Top Rated Adult Doctors award and Top-Rated Pediatric Doctors award. The final phase of a 3-year construction project for the Birthing Center and Family Care Suites finishes.
2012
Meriter opens two new primary care clinics, Meriter Fitchburg Clinic and Meriter Stoughton Clinic. Meriter also opens a Dermatology Clinic in Middleton off Deming Way. This clinic was later transitioned to UW Health through the partnership agreement.
2011
Meriter opens a Specialty Clinic in the hospital and adds two new medical clinics - Meriter DeForest-Windsor clinic and Meriter Monona clinic, that provide primary and specialty services.
2010
Meriter was named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Thompson Reuters. Meriter opens the Meriter Orthopedic Clinic off Deming Way (later transitioned to UW Health through the partnership agreement) in Middleton and opens the Digestive Health Center in the hospital.
2009
Meriter opens a third medical clinic, Meriter West Washington, to provide primary and specialty care to patients in downtown Madison. A primary care clinic, Meriter Deming Way, also opens in Middleton. Meriter adds state-of-the-art operating rooms in the hospital that contain the latest technology for surgical procedures.
2008
Meriter opens a second medical clinic, Meriter McKee, which is located off McKee Road. Meriter Hospital also constructs a state-of-the-art Oncology Unit.
2007
Meriter opens the Heart Hospital unit, which features a 14-bed cardiac IMCU,31-bed Cardiac Telemetry units, 16 private rooms and two procedure rooms.
2006
Meriter holds a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the opening of a Newborn Intensive Care Unit. The new 12,000 square feet unit, devoted to patient and family care, blends high-tech and high-touch elements.
2004
A standalone Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital off Raymond Road opens. Meriter also opens its first medical clinic in Middleton off Elmwood Avenue.
1998
Meriter opens its new Atrium addition, a 117,000-square-foot addition that houses the new Emergency Room, educational conference rooms, cardiology, and pulmonary departments.
1989
Meriter opens its Birthing Center, becoming the first area hospital to offer single-room maternity care to families in southern Wisconsin.
1988
Meriter starts an Adolescent Psychiatry Program.
1987
General Health Services and Methodist Health Services, the parent companies of Madison General Hospital and Methodist Hospital, merge to become Meriter Health Services. Madison General and Methodist - Madison's two oldest hospitals - become Meriter Hospital.
1986
Methodist and Madison General boards meet to discuss how the hospitals should respond to Physicians Plus and Jackson Clinic merger discussions.
1980
Nurse internship program is added at Methodist Hospital
1974
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing graduates its final senior class. More than 1,000 students have graduated from the school since its inception in 1921.
1972
Madison General finishes construction of its Tower addition. The NewStart Program, Perinatal Center, and Cardiac Rehabilitation programs are accepting patients.
1970
The Methodist Health Foundation is established. Madison General Hospital finishes construction on its new laboratory on South Brooks Street (the current Meriter Laboratories building) and parking ramp.
1964
The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation gives Methodist Hospital a cardiac monitor, the first of its kind in Wisconsin.
1963
Madison General Hospital opens its North Wing and demolishes the original 1903 building to make room. The new addition houses the hospital's Psychiatry and Rehabilitation programs. Methodist Hospital opens its new Intensive Care Unit.
1962
Methodist Hospital's Psychiatric Center opens. A new nursing building is completed.
1957
Methodist Hospital marks its 30th anniversary. Madison General Hospital begins construction of an East Wing. Birth rooms, laboratory facilities, and a new surgical suite are included in the seven-floor addition.
1950
Methodist Hospital marks its 30th anniversary. Madison General Hospital begins construction of an East Wing. Birth rooms, laboratory facilities, and a new surgical suite are included in the seven-floor addition.
1943
Methodist Hospital joins Madison General and St. Mary’s in offering a low-cost, non-profit group pre-payment hospital plan to various employed groups in Madison.
1940
Methodist Hospital joins Madison General and St. Mary’s in offering a low-cost, non-profit group pre-payment hospital plan to various employed groups in Madison.
1930
Due to the Depression and economic troubles, food is accepted in lieu of monetary payment for hospital services. Admission requirements to the Methodist School of Nursing: four years of high school, good Christian character, between the ages of 17 1/2 & 35, good teeth, and a letter from a pastor.
1929
Madison General Hospital completes its Center Wing, bringing total patient capacity to 175.
1927
First patient admitted to the new Methodist Hospital building. It has 125 beds and five operating rooms.
1921
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing is established.
1919
Wisconsin Methodist Hospital and Home Association articles of incorporation are signed. The association buys a building on West Washington Avenue and South Henry Street where Methodist Hospital will be built.
1914
Obstetrics Department becomes a separate entity at Madison General.
1912
Madison General Hospital adds a West Wing, bringing its capacity to 85 beds.
1903
Madison General Hospital Association articles of incorporation are signed. It will be five more years before a permanent home is built with funds raised from the City of Madison and local philanthropists such as the Madison Women's Club and Attic Angels.
1898
Madison General Hospital Association articles of incorporation are signed. It will be five more years before a permanent home is built with funds raised from the City of Madison and local philanthropists such as the Madison Women's Club and Attic Angels.
Commitment to Quality
Results say we do well when it comes to satisfying patients and others we survey; it also points out ways we can improve our service to them the next time around.
UnityPoint Health - Meriter benchmarks itself against more than 700 hospitals nationwide by participating in NRC surveys.
UnityPoint Health - Meriter is proud to be one of 129 Wisconsin hospitals to voluntarily report clinical, safety and mortality data into the Wisconsin Hospital Association's CheckPoint Web site. The Wisconsin Hospital Association developed CheckPoint, a public reporting program that provides reliable data on:
- Interventions that medical experts agree should be taken to treat heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia
- Surgical services measures that research indicates will lead to the best outcome for common procedures
- Error prevention measures
CheckPoint provides reliable information for decision making by consumers, purchasers and health care providers.
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