Divine Savior now maintains
an acute-care hospital, extended care facility, a medical center
and community clinic, an active medical staff of over 50 board certified physicians,
an outreach clinic with more than 30 specialities, and 24-hour
emergency care and ambulance service. Divine Savior Healthcare's
Medical Center, completed in 2000, offers a full range of outpatient
services including specialized care for all ages such as obstetrics,
pediatrics and internal medicine, as well as Home Care, physical,
occupational, speech and audiology therapies. Divine Savior also
offers cardiac rehabilitation, surgical services and comprehensive
imaging services.
In recent years, Divine Savior has actively promoted
community health by offering low-cost or free education programs, personal screening and support groups. Divine Savior Healthcare's
facilities are all accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations.
Several residential facilities
in Portage provide excellent life-style options for the elderly, from a nursing home
with 24-hour care to a modern, four-story apartment complex in
the center of the city.
A number of highly qualified
and skilled medical and health care professionals with offices
in Portage ensure that
the health care needs of all citizens are in the best hands.
UW Health focuses on providing high
quality primary health care for patients of all ages. Backed by
the expertise of UW Hospital, they offer care in
internal medicine and family medicine; pediatric and adolescent
medicine for children from newborns to young adults; gynecology,
obstetrics and nurse-midwifery; and geriatric medicine tailored
to the special needs of older adults.
Portage Clinic is
a regional clinic of Dean/St. Mary's. St. Mary's/Dean Ventures
Inc. was formed in 1989 as a joint venture
between St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center and Dean Medical Center
with the goal of creating a network of local community clinics
linked to advanced specialty care in Madison. Today, the joint
venture includes 23 medical clinics, 11 eye clinics, and three
day surgery centers located in 13 southern Wisconsin counties.
More than 100 providers are available in such specialties as internal
medicine, family practice, pediatrics, podiatry and general surgery.
Portage has several chiropractic
clinics, dentists, optometrists, and physical therapy providers to take care of everything
a family needs.
