SSM Home Care and Hospice is Now SSM Health at Home

    ST. LOUIS, MO, April 15, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SSM Home Care and Hospice is now officially SSM Health at Home. Celebrations are taking place today at all SSM Health at Home locations in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma. The name change will occur at all home care, hospice, private duty and infusion locations.

"SSM Health provides a full range of comprehensive health care services in every community we serve," said Alison Ruehl, president of SSM Health at Home. "Now, with a common name and a renewed focus on providing a consistently exceptional experience, our patients, employees and community will know what to expect when they see the SSM Health name."

Beyond a new name and logo we are committed to transform health care and provide affordable, high-quality health care in every community we serve. And more importantly, it means doing whatever it takes to keep our patients healthy.

The name, SSM Health at Home, was unveiled last fall when the system acquired Audrain County's Home Health and Hospice Division. The rest of SSM Health's clinics, hospitals and other health care services in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin will transition to the new name within the next two years.

SSM Health (www.ssmhc.com) is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through one of the largest integrated delivery systems in the nation.

With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, SSM includes 19 hospitals, more than 60 outpatient care sites, a pharmacy benefit company, an insurance company, two nursing homes, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a technology company, and two Accountable Care Organizations. With more than 1,300 employed physicians and nearly 30,000 employees in four states, SSM is one of the largest employers in every community it serves. An early adopter of the electronic health record (EHR), SSM is a national leader for the depth of its EHR integration. The addition of Dean Health System in 2013 brings the number of physician visits across SSM Health to 4 million annually.

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