Dean is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the country. Established in 1904 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, Dean provides:
A privately held Wisconsin corporation, Dean has been a physician-owned and physician-governed organization since its inception. Ninety-five percent of Dean is owned by physician-shareholders. The remaining five percent is owned by the SSM Health Care, a St. Louis-based order which also owns several hospitals nationwide including St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin and St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Physician shareholders play a key role in leadership and work with professional management to further our mission — to improve the health of our community.
Medical & Health Services
Medical & Health Services
Dean owns and operates a network of clinics and medical facilities that provide primary, specialty and tertiary care throughout southern Wisconsin. This network of medical services includes:
Dean Clinic Locations
The original "Dean Clinic" began in 1904 in Madison, when Dr. Joseph Dean opened a small downtown practice. Today, Dean Clinic comprises a multi-specialty network of clinics that provide exceptional primary and specialized medical care in central locations throughout Dane, Rock and Walworth Counties.
Dean/St. Mary's Regional Clinics
St. Mary's/Dean Ventures, Inc. (SMDV) was formed in 1989 as a joint venture between St. Mary's Hospital and Dean Clinic to create a network of local community clinics linked to advanced specialty care in Madison.
Today, there are more than 30 Dean/St Mary's regional and eye network clinics providing convenient care to outlying communities in southern Wisconsin, and three St. Mary's/Dean Day Surgery Centers in Madison and Janesville providing outpatient surgery and care.
Davis Duehr Dean
Davis Duehr Dean ophthalmologists and optometrists are part of the Dean network, providing specialty eye care throughout southern Wisconsin. They make up the ophthalmology and optometry departments and full-service optical stores of Dean.
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Health Insurance Services
Health Insurance Services
Established in 1983, Dean Health Plan is the insurance services subsidiary of Dean Health System and SSM Health Care. It maintains a position of leadership in insurance services through a physician-led integrated health system that improves the health status of its members and delivers a superior level of service and care.
Dean Health Plan earned the "Highest Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the Minnesota/Wisconsin Region, Two Years in a Row", from the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S. Member Health Insurance Plan StudySM. Dean Health Plan also holds an Excellent Accreditation - the highest accreditation available - from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its commercial HMO product and received the 2009 Best of Business Award in the state from Corporate Report Wisconsin.
Dean Health Plan received the highest numerical score among commercial health plans in the Minnesota-Wisconsin region in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2009-2010 U.S. Member Health Insurance Plan StudiesSM. 2010 study based on 33,986 total member responses, measuring 9 plans in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Region (excludes Medicare and Medicaid). Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of members surveyed November-December 2009. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
Clinical Research & Education
Clinical Research & Education
The Dean Foundation for Health, Research and Education, Inc. is the non-profit research and education entity of Dean. Dean Foundation conducts clinical studies and clinical drug trials, health services research, outcome management studies, and population based research within the Foundation's Psychiatric Department and in partnership with Dean Clinic physicians.
The Foundation manages and administers the Dean Institutional Review Board which ensures that human subjects who participate in clinical studies are provided complete information about the purposes of each study, the design and procedures, potential benefits, risks, and alternative treatments, while ensuring participant confidentiality.
Dean Foundation also coordinates Dean's Passenger Safety Program within the community, and helps provide access to health care through neighborhood based clinics serving medically under-served families and their children.
To learn more about Dean Foundation, please visit the Dean Foundation web section.
Ancillary Services
Ancillary Services
Dean also provides additional health services that include:
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Dean Pharmacies, conveniently located in eight clinic locations.
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Davis Duehr Dean Optical offering prescription eyewear in the latest fashions, guaranteed contact lens fitting and supplies, and personalized service.
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Essentials Skin Care, providing professional skin care and cosmetic services by licensed aestheticians.
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Aesthetic Surgery Center, offering comprehensive cosmetic and plastic surgery services.
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Dean Therapy Services, including physical, occupational and speech therapy for pediatric and adult patients.
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Diabetes Education, which assists those in the community with the various forms of diabetes.
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Dean & St. Mary's Health Works, offering health and fitness classes, and massage therapy in Madison.
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Dean on Call, a 24-hour nurse line for health concerns.
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Public health education seminars and talks.
- Full-service laboratories and medical imaging services.
