SSM Health Care of Wisconsin announced today it has finalized the purchase of property at the corner of Reiner Road and US 151 to build its emergency medical facility. The 17 acres of land anticipates expanded health care services that could include a hospital.
At the same time,
SSM Health Care also announced today that an architect has been chosen to design and construct its emergency medical facility in Sun Prairie, and to develop a master plan for a health care campus in the city. The architectural firm selected to design the site and ER is Flad Architects. The initial facility, a satellite emergency center of
St. Mary’s Hospital, will open in March 2009.
“We have purchased property which will meet the current and future health care needs of Sun Prairie area residents,” said Mary Starmann-Harrison, Regional President & CEO of SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, the parent company of
St. Mary’s Hospital. “As the city expands we intend to be there to serve its health care needs.”“
We have been working with
St. Mary’s Hospital to bring Emergency Services to Sun Prairie,” said Patrick Cannon, Sun Prairie City Administrator. “And, as the City of Sun Prairie grows, additional local health care services are being addressed.”
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin Receives Wisconsin Forward Award
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin just learned they have won the Wisconsin Forward Award at the Mastery Level, the second highest level of the awards. The awards are based on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison, Wis., St. Mary’s Care Center, Madison, and St. Clare Hospital & Health Center, Baraboo, Wis., have been past winners of Wisconsin Forward Awards, but this is the first year SSM Health Care of Wisconsin applied as a region. The award ceremonies will be held in late summer or early fall.
Click here for more information on the Wisconsin Forward Award.
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SSM Healthcare will host a groundbreaking celebration on Thursday August 28th at Highway 151 and Reiner Road in Sun Prairie. The $6 million, 13,500-square-foot emergency center facility will be about half the size of St. Mary's emergency room in Madison and is scheduled to open in March of 2009. SSM last year bought 17 acres from the City of Sun Prairie for $4.2 million and said it eventually plans a "health-care campus" at the site that could include an inpatient hospital within a decade.
The City of Sun Prairie is featured in a supplement to this month's (April 2008) In Business Magazine. The article features the pending St. Mary's project, and also covers current development happenings in the City's Westside Neighborhood, the Sun Prairie Business Park, and Downtown Sun Prairie. In Business Magazine distributes about 15,000 copies throughout Dane County, and has a readership of about 60,000. The April issue is due in mailboxes this week. If you are unable to locate a copy of the article, or would like to request a copy please contact Neil Stechschulte at (608) 825-0894 or at nstechschulte[at]cityofsunprairie.com.
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