SSM St. Joseph Health Center, located in historic downtown St. Charles has been serving the needs of the community since 1885. In 2010, we will celebrate our 125th year of providing exceptional service!
The SSM St. Joseph Health Center campus has grown structurally and technologically over the past 125 years to meet the needs of an ever-growing and changing population. Today, the 364-bed acute care hospital has more than 1,100 employees and excels in many areas. It is home to the SSM Heart Institute, SSM Center for Sleep Disorders, SSM Cancer Care and the SSM Vascular Institute and is a state-designated Level II Trauma Center, an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI and an American Stroke Association Get With The GuidelinesSM – Stroke Center.
Recently added services:
- Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy Clamping (ETS-C), a surgical technique, now is available for hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating
- Select Specialty Hospital has opened a 33-bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH), a “hospital within a hospital,” to care for the most critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
Quick Facts
- Only hospital in Missouri to earn the highest acknowledgement for stroke care, the Get With the Guidelines SM -Stroke Gold Award.
- Received full, three-year accreditation as a Chest Pain Center in 2009, and is one of only three hospitals in the region to pass accreditation standards with the added distinction of providing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- Recipient of Premier Awards for Quality for excellence in areas of patient care, clinical excellence, clinical and efficiency outcomes and heart attack care.
- The Vascular Institute offers a combination of advanced technology, board certified endovascular/vascular surgeons, and a team approach to patient care.
- SSM Center for Sleep Disorders is the only center in St. Charles County to be accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). It is one of only four labs in the St. Louis metropolitan area to receive such designation, and one of only 10 accredited sleep facilities in the state.
- An Electronic Health Record providing real-time access to the patient’s medical history and test results via a computer fixed at the patient’s bedside.
- SSM Cancer Care is the largest provider of a fully-integrated, comprehensive cancer service in St. Charles County.
Phone Numbers
Operator
636-947-5000
Class Registration
866-SSM-DOCS (776-3627)
Emergency Department
636-947-5111
Family Birthplace
636-947-5030
Foundation/Donations
636-947-5612
Gift Shop
636-947-5138
Patient Accounts
314-989-3000
Patient Information
636-947-5005
Physician Referral
1-866-SSM-DOCS (776-3627)
Public Relations
636-949-7159
Scheduling
636-949-9600
Address
SSM St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
