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Saint Mary’s promises “Something More” as it unveils new logo, new look and updated name during festivities

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., SEPT. 8, 2004 – Today, Saint Mary’s President and CEO Philip H. McCorkle, Jr. showed off the new look, logo and name of Saint Mary’s – changes that reflect its bold commitment to current and future excellence.

“Today, we are here to announce to the community that we have always been the hospital with Something More,” McCorkle said during the unveiling, which coincided with the hospital’s annual employee picnic. “Anyone who walks through our doors receives so much more than they ever expected. When people come to Saint Mary’s, they get leading edge practices and a caring experience. Patients will never have to choose between the ability to cure and the capacity to care.”

Saint Mary’s will officially be known by its updated full name, Saint Mary’s Health Care, along with the shortened version, Saint Mary’s. The hospital will no longer use “Saint Mary’s Mercy Medical Center,” as the name does not reflect Saint Mary’s growth into a multi-faceted collection of health care centers throughout West Michigan.

The announcement marked the official launch of a major advertising and marketing initiative that will use broadcast, print, online and outdoor mediums to convey the Saint Mary’s story to all of West Michigan. That story reflects Saint Mary’s history of delivering an unexpected combination of desired services and experiences. Saint Mary’s is unique in its two-pronged approach, placing equal emphasis on both leading edge practices (the latest technology and most innovative medicine) and a compassionate, caring experience.

“People expect the latest technology and most advanced care from a premier health care network, but we have traditionally been pretty quiet about how extraordinary our physicians, nurses, staff and services are at Saint Mary’s,” said Deb Stiemann, Saint Mary’s Vice President of Strategic Advancement. “This effort will help people learn what a lot of our patients – past and present – already know: that Saint Mary’s is unique within the local medical community, offering a real, tangible and unexpected difference.”

For more than 100 years, Saint Mary’s has grown by embracing vanguard medical procedures and advances. Saint Mary’s boasts state-of-the-art treatment centers for cancer, Parkinson’s disease and kidney transplantation. In coming years, Saint Mary’s will open its doors to several major new facilities, including the much-anticipated Lacks Cancer Center, which opens in December 2004.

Saint Mary’s is a member of Trinity Health, the country’s fifth largest Catholic healthcare system. Saint Mary’s is a 324-bed hospital employing over 2500 employees with net revenue of $289 million for fiscal year 2003. Saint Mary’s owns two health clubs, four health centers and 13 Advantage Health Physician offices, with more then 80 providers in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition, Saint Mary’s will be opening the Lacks Cancer Center in December 2004, west Michigan’s only dedicated cancer hospital. For more information about Saint Mary’s, visit www.smmmc.org.