Meritus Medical Center Inc

Programs: Mmc participates in a variety of activities that focus on the well-being of the patients, including committees and teams that evaluate the progress in the areas of quality patient care, patient safety and professional development. Many staff members provide outreach to the community through educational offerings which have been identified by a survey of community health education needs. As a tax exempt hospital, mmc contributes funds to help many people who might not be able to afford their healthcare. These dollars are used to provide free, reduced-cost or subsidized services to many individuals in the community. It's a collaborative effort involving numerous areas of the health system in activities such as health education and outreach, screenings, programs and events, as well as helping individuals obtain prescription medications, access to needed services, and even transportation to healthcare appointments. Mmc is governed by a local board of directors made up entirely of volunteers. In addition to attending quarterly meetings to determine the direction that mmc will take, the board members, who are community and business leaders as well as physicians, serve on various committees, including quality & safety, finance, audit and business integrity, executive, governance and strategic planning. The board and its committees ensure that mmc complies with state and federal requirements, while keeping the organization's mission of providing quality care front and center. By working together toward this goal, the board members create policies and procedures that help deliver results. Mmc, an acute care hospital, has 272 single-patient rooms, along with the most advanced technologies available. Mmc offers a variety of specialized services to meet the healthcare needs of the tri-state region. The john r. Marsh cancer center offers chemotherapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and image guided radiation therapy. The center also offers mammosite whichdelivers partial irradiation treatment for breast cancer patients in just five days. As a level iii trauma service, mmc offers twenty four hour a day, seven days a week access to trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons, as well as a specialized trauma team and consulting physicians. The vision of the nursing department at mmc is to be a dynamic force in the advancement of nursing practice and an advocate for the promotion of quality healthcare for all. Their mission is to foster the development and advancement of nursing practive and to work to achieve quality healthcare for all. They believe that the excellence of care for patients and families matters the most and that superior customer service and constant innovation sustains excellence. The cardiac catheterization lab has focused on bringing the very best in cardiac services to the community. Services in cardiac screening, diagnosis, intervention, and rehabilitation are offered. Mmc has invested in the most up-to-date technologies to assist physicians in diagnosing and treating heart disease. The board certified cardiologists and interventional cardiologists offer patients a highly specialized experience in structual heart disease and electrical heart malfunctions. They are supported by a team of highly-trained nurses and technicians. The center for clinical research is a growing program that manages from fifteen to twenty active research studies at any given time. The researchers are certified by the association of clinical research professionals. Physicians serve as the principal investigators for the research studies performed by the center. The center for joint replacement offers a comprehensive program that includes pre- and postoperative therapy as well as the actual surgery. The program has clearly demonstrated a decreased length of hospital stay and improved recovery rates. The family birthing center is a special place where single-room maternity care provides privacy and family bonding. The room is equipped for labor, delivery, postpartum, and newborn care. The special care nursery allows babies born as early as 32 weeks gestation to be treated at mmc. The home health care services cover the full spectrum of care, ranging from skilled nursing to assistance with the activities of daily living. They also can help with medication management issues. Total rehab care is a comprehensive service providing a full range of rehabilitation programs, including pediatric services, traumatic brain injury rehab, outpatient therapies, inpatient joint replacement, occupational rehabilitation, and support groups. Skilled physicians, nurses, and therapists develop individualized treatment plans for every patient. The weight loss clinic offers bariatric surgery which includes the most common procedures of gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding. This can be a treatment for the lifelong condition of morbid obesity. The wound center care is customized to each patient's unique situation to promote the healing process. The wound center team specializes in diabetic foot and leg ulcers, bone infections, preparation and preservation of skin grafts, crash injuries, and thermal burns. Meritus medical group, a medical neighborhood of primary and specialty care practices, offers a full spectrum of patient and family-centered care for residents of the tristate region. More than 100 providers work with a health care team dedicated to partnering with patients to improve their overall wellbeing. The team is proud to offer patients and families an improved experience through excellent communication and comprehensive, coordinated health care services. Care delivery is undergoing unprecedented change and new, more coordinatedmodels of care delivery have arrived. Ultimately enacted as part of healthcare reform, accountable care organizations (acos) link physiciansand hospitals together with the goal of keeping patients healthy and helpingpatients manage their conditions. Mmc created the meritus health aco, llc which works to achieve this objective. Meritus health aco will optimize the delivery of health care through coordination among providers and the persistent management of care transitions to improve the patient experience, the health of our community and the quality and affordability of health care. The vision of meritus health aco, llc is to create an integrated system that delivers patient-centered, high-quality care through innovative partnerships and care redesign for all members of our community. Mmc is a member of premiers partnership for care transformation (pact), a collaboration of health systems that share knowledge and best practices while measuring and benchmarking care to improve population health and contain costs.