Mercy (healthcare organization)

Mercy Health is a not-for-profit Catholic health care organization founded in 1871 by Sisters of Mercy.[1] It is located in the Midwestern United States with headquarters within Greater St. Louis in the western St. Louis County, Missouri suburb of Chesterfield. Mercy is the fifth largest Catholic health care system in the United States and named one of the top five large U.S. health systems in 2018 by Truven.[2]

Mercy Health
IndustryHealthcare
Founded1871
FounderReligious Sisters of Mercy
Headquarters14528 S. Outer Forty Rd., Chesterfield, Missouri,
United States
Area served
Midwestern United States
Number of employees
44,100
Websitehttp://mercy.net

Currently Mercy has 45 acute care and specialty hospitals. Mercy employs 44,000 employees and more than 2,100 physicians.[3]

History

Mercy Health is named after Catherine McAuley, an Irish nun, and the Sisters of Mercy.[4] The first Sisters of Mercy in the United States settled in Pittsburgh in 1843.[4] In 1871, they opened a St. John's hospital in St. Louis.[5] In 1890, the Sisters of Mercy came to Sioux City to establish a new hospital.[4]

While the hospitals and other health care facilities sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy were not formally linked, as early as the 1960s they shared management and consulting staff resources.

In 1977, the Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Benedict agreed to merge St. Joseph and St. Vincent hospitals into Marian Health Center.[4]

In 1986, to position the individual hospitals for coming changes in health care, the Sisters of Mercy created the Sisters of Mercy Health System.

In 1999, Marian Health Center became Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City and joined the Mercy Health Network.[4] In 2000, Mercy Medical Center became part of Trinity Health.[4] In 2009, the company assumed sponsorship of St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri.[6]

In 2011, Sisters of Mercy Health System renamed many of its hospitals and clinics under a singular brand - Mercy.[7][8]

Locations

Mercy operates in four states (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma), with ministry outreach programs in Texas and Louisiana. Mercy's largest hospital complexes are in Springfield, Missouri and Greater St. Louis.

St. John's Regional Medical Center
St. John's Regional Medical Center after the May 22 Joplin tornado

On May 22, 2011, one of Mercy's larger hospitals, St. John's Regional Medical Center (now rebuilt and called Mercy Hospital Joplin) was seriously damaged by a tornado from the May 2011 tornado outbreak. At least four people were killed inside the hospital and its grounds, and surviving patients were evacuated from the health facility, which sustained major structural damage. One of the hospital's towers took a direct hit by the storm and was rotated four inches on its foundation.

Services

Mercy provides services such as cancer treatment, pediatrics,[9] heart, and palliative care.

Mercy hosts one of the largest implementations of Epic, an electronic health record (EHR). In 2014 Mercy began to provide Epic support services to other healthcare organizations[10] such as CaroMont Regional Medical Center and Oklahoma State University.[11]

Leadership

Lynn Britton has served as the CEO of Mercy since January 2009.[12]

References
  1. "Mercy signs deal to manage Kingfisher hospital". NewsOK.com. November 5, 2013.
  2. "Mercy Named Top Five Health Care System in the U.S." Mercy.net. May 8, 2019.
  3. "Transforming the Health of Our Communities". Mercy.net.
  4. "Mercy Medical Center celebrates Mercy Day this week". Sioux City Journal. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  5. O'Malley, Beth (4 September 2019). "Decades of service from St. Louis-area hospitals". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  6. Volkmann, Kelsey (2 November 2009). "Sisters of Mercy acquires St. John's Regiional". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  7. Gamble, Molly (22 July 2011). "Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis Trims Name to "Mercy Health"". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  8. Burkes, Paula (2012-05-04). "St. Louis-based Sisters of Mercy Health Systems launches new identity". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  9. Samantha Liss. "Mercy opens its first-ever outpatient facility for kids". Stltoday.com.
  10. "Mercy inks milestone EHR deal". Healthcareitnews.com. July 3, 2014.
  11. LAURIE WINSLOW. "FYI Business: OSU Health Sciences to offer electronic health records". Tulsa World.
  12. "Britton named CEO of Sisters of Mercy". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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