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| Location | 202 South Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°03′57″N 89°24′05″W / 43.06583°N 89.40139°W | ||||||||||
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| Type | Teaching | ||||||||||
| Affiliated university | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Level IV Trauma Center | ||||||||||
| Beds | 448 | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | WI93 [1] | ||||||||||
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Madison Metro | ||||||||||
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| Former name(s) | Madison General Hospital Meriter Hospital | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1927 | ||||||||||
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| Website | https://www.unitypoint.org/locations/unitypoint-health---meriter-hospital | ||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in Wisconsin | ||||||||||
UnityPoint Meriter Hospital is a nonprofit hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It is operated by UnityPoint Health. It primarily serves southern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois. It serves as a teaching hospital for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [2] The joint operating agreement (JOA) between UnityPoint Health – Meriter and UW Health formalized and expanded their collaboration in care for patients. [3]
History
It was founded in 1927 as Madison General Hospital. The hospital merged with Madison Methodist Hospital in 1987. The merger created Meriter Health Services. Meriter merged with UnityPoint Health in 2013 to form UnityPoint Meriter. [4] The Meriter hospital governing board allows it some autonomy. [5]
Facilities
The hospital has 448 beds, making it the state's fifth largest.
The Madison Japanese Language School (マディソン日本語補習校 Madison Nihongo Hoshūkō), a Japanese weekend supplementary school that holds classes at the hospital's McConnel Hall. [6]
Physicians Plus, a regional health insurer, is owned by Meriter. [7]
References
- ^ "AirNav: WI93 - Meriter/Park Heliport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ Birringer, p. 31 Archived 2023-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "UW Health Partnership". www.unitypoint.org. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Online Collections". unitypoint.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ Wahlberg, David. " Meriter to join Iowa-based UnityPoint Health Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine." Wisconsin State Journal. October 11, 2013. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
- ^ " 所在地・連絡先" ( Archive). Madison Japanese Language School. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Physicians Plus seeks to regain ground during open enrollment : Wsj". madison.com. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- Birringer, Clyde. "Succinylcholine in the Critically Ill Patient: When Is It Not OK+?" (Chapter 5). In: Canaday, Bruce Robert. ASHP's Clinical Pearls. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), 2008. ISBN 1585282189, 9781585282180.
External links
- UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital
- Meriter Hospital Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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