About Meriter

Welcome to Meriter

I'm Meriter President and CEO Jim Woodward. It is an honor to lead an organization dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare in south-central Wisconsin.

I'm pleased to report that 2007 was an extraordinary year. Among our accomplishments, we opened the area's first Heart Hospital as well as a state-of-the-art Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Both contain the latest technology and all-private rooms.

2008 is promising to be just as remarkable. Not only is it our organization's 110th anniversary, it also marks the beginning of an exciting future, which includes:

• A growing medical group that includes:
   
  Three Cardiovascular Surgeons – Khosro (Ed) Adib, MD, Haywood Gilliam, MD and John McVey, MD – who have, throughout their time in Madison, practiced exclusively at Meriter. We are proud that these talented, experienced physicians within the Heart Hospital have chosen to strengthen their relationship with Meriter.
   
  Hospitalists – Healthcare professionals who specialize in the care of hospitalized patients. This group of physicians manages all aspects of the inpatient stay so patients have a smooth, quick recovery. They also work with primary care physicians, specialists and therapists to help coordinate the care of patients.
   
  A Second Medical Clinic – Just off McKee Road in Madison, Meriter Medical Clinic – McKee is scheduled to open in the summer. Drs. Olajos and Pickney (currently at our temporary Nesbitt Road clinic) will be joined by Dr. Tom Casper in mid-summer. They will help extend Meriter's commitment to providing the community with better access to primary care. Meriter's first medical clinic has been providing primary care services in Middleton since 2004.
   
  The Meriter Medical Group works with Meriter's physician partners, including UW Health Physicians and independent physician groups. Together, they are skilled, board-certified physicians representing a wide range of medical specialties.
   
• A Tobacco-Free campus, a positive step that provides a healthier environment for our patients, visitors, physicians, employees, students, volunteers, vendors, contracted workers and anyone else who visits us.

In 2008, we are continuing to:

• Strive to make the patient experience as pleasant, convenient and comfortable as possible, with amenities that include room-service dining, wireless Internet access and CarePages. Most importantly, we are here to help you get well and get back to your life, as quickly as possible.
   
• Renew our commitment as a not-for-profit hospital by providing essential community services that otherwise wouldn't be available in the region, such as the Max W. Pohle Dental Clinic and the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital.
   
• Enhance Meriter's facilities to provide a calming, healing environment equipped with some of the most advanced medical technology to help our physicians diagnose and treat a wide variety of conditions – faster and with greater precision than ever before.
   
• Inspire Meriter employees to build upon their strengths and hold themselves accountable for creating a healthcare system that is among the best in the nation.

As we continually look for ways to improve how we deliver healthcare, one thing won't change. You can continue to trust that we will focus on one mission...

To heal this day
To teach for tomorrow
To embrace excellence always
To serve our communities –
For a lifetime of quality health care.

If you are pleased with your experience at Meriter, please tell a friend – or share it with the community at www.mymeriterstory.com. If, for any reason, we don't meet your expectations, I want to hear from you. Please e-mail me at jimwoodward@meriter.com.

4/28/2008