Saint Joseph Health System Unites Regional Health Ministry
Mishawaka, Ind. (PRWEB) May 15, 2015 -- Continuing the healing legacy of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, the formation of Saint Joseph Health System was announced today.
In addition to acute hospital care, Saint Joseph Health System will provide community wellness, physical rehabilitation, physician clinics, home care, skilled nursing care, outpatient services, independent and assisted senior living, memory care and affordable senior apartments.
Saint Joseph Health System will unite all of the Trinity Health regional ministries in Michiana into one coordinated health system. Saint Joseph Health System includes the following:
• 254-bed acute-care hospital at the Mishawaka Medical Center
• 58-bed acute-care hospital at the Plymouth Medical Center
• 40-bed Saint Joseph Rehabilitation Institute
• More than 85 providers in the Saint Joseph Physician Network
• Community health centers and additional points of access
• St. Paul’s, a Sanctuary Senior Living Community, with 368 suites for independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing care, rehabilitation and wellness and memory care
• Holy Cross, a Sanctuary Senior Living Community, with 168 suites for rehabilitation and wellness and skilled nursing care
• Trinity Tower, a Sanctuary Senior Living Community, with 84 affordable senior apartments
• Health Insurance Services
• VNA Home Care
After the unification, Saint Joseph Health System will provide healthcare at every stage of a patient’s life. The members of the Saint Joseph Health System family will provide exceptional faith-based care to every man, woman and child who needs it, said Albert Gutierrez, Saint Joseph Health System president and CEO.
“We are proud to bring together the strengths of all these organizations to guide members of our community through some of the most significant moments of their lives,” Gutierrez said. “All of these organizations are born from the same unwavering faith-based mission, to care for your unique physical, emotional and spiritual needs.”
Saint Joseph Health System will serve more than 200,000 members of the Michiana community each year. Saint Joseph Health System is a regional health ministry of Trinity Health.
To learn more about Saint Joseph Health System, visit sjmed.com.
About Saint Joseph Health System
Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS) is a not-for-profit healthcare system located in North Central Indiana that offers acute-based hospital care and post-acute services including: community wellness, physical rehabilitation, home care, skilled nursing care, physician clinics, outpatient services, independent and assisted senior living, memory care and affordable senior apartments. SJHS includes: Mishawaka Medical Center; Plymouth Medical Center; Rehabilitation Institute; Outpatient services of the Elm Road Medical Campus; Health Insurance Services; Saint Joseph Physician Network; VNA Home Care; and the Sanctuary Senior Living Communities at St. Paul's, Holy Cross and Trinity Tower. SJHS serves more than 200,000 members of the Michiana community annually. SJHS is a Regional Health Ministry of Trinity Health in Livonia, Mich.
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Robert Sisk, Saint Joseph Health System, http://www.sjmed.com, +1 574-335-1077, [email protected]
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