Affinity Health System Welcomes Into Practice Dr. Wendy Schroeder
08 / 25 / 2009
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Maria Nelson, Media Relations
Affinity Health System
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APPLETON, Wis. - Affinity Health System welcomes into practice Dr. Wendy Schroeder. Schroeder will join the Greenville-Park View Drive clinic as a family medicine physician. Schroeder believes it is important to treat the body as a whole and the family as a unit. She has a special interest in women’s health, pediatrics, sports medicine and managing chronic conditions.
Schroeder earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Des Moines University, Iowa, and completed her residency at the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine.
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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a faith-based regional health care network, is the Fox Valley’s second-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry. For the fourth consecutive year, Affinity has been named one of the nation’s top 64 health systems based on clinical performance according to Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. For ten consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 25 family practice and specialty clinics – 22 of which are recognized as NCQA Level III medical homes, the highest level of recognition – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; and Affinity Occupational Health.