 Mercy HospitalHospital overview
For more information or Related linkMercy Hospital, located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, is a 271-bed non-profit hospital that serves the northwestern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Nationally recognized for clinical excellence and compassionate care, Mercy offers a wide range of specialty services:
With leading edge technology, highly skilled, experienced professional staff and physicians, Mercy Hospital offers a healing environment and a humanity that transcends the daily task of caring for patients. Mercy at 40
In the 1950s, Anoka County was being transformed. Nearly overnight potato fields were converted to neighborhoods, with new houses, families, and babies galore. But where to give birth to all those babies? Or receive health care for a serious injury or illness? In 1963, the Anoka Community Hospital Association agreed to build a 100-bed hospital located on the border of Coon Rapids and Anoka. Later that year, 2,000 volunteers launched a $600,000 fund drive, collecting donations door-to-door for the hospital’s construction. Their efforts were successful. Mercy Hospital’s first patient, Mrs. Cecil (Judith) Melton, arrived in a raging blizzard on March 17, 1965, five days before the hospital’s planned opening; she gave birth to Merci, Mercy’s first baby, named in honor of the new hospital. Today, the hospital is twice its original size, its coffee shop serves lattes, and its technologies would amaze its founders. But Mercy’s primary dedication remains the same: serve the health care needs of neighbors and friends living in more than 25 north metro cities and towns, including Maple Grove, Osseo, Anoka, Coon Rapids, Elk River, and Rogers (to name but a few).
Facts & figures about Mercy HospitalAlthough Mercy treats patients from throughout the Midwest, most come from the north metro communities of Andover, Anoka, Big Lake, Blaine, Brooklyn Park, Cedar, Champlin, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Elk River, Isanti, New Brighton, Osseo, Saint Francis and Zimmerman. Key figures from 2011
Awards, accreditations & certifications
For more information or Nationally known for clinical excellence & compassionate careUS News & World Report 'Best Hospitals'Mercy Hospital is one of only four hospitals in the Twin Cities to earn a national ranking in 2011/12. Of nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide, Mercy ranks among the top 50 for diabetes and endocrinology care, and earned high performance ratings in seven other specialties: gastroenterology (digestive system) geriatrics, nephrology (kidney), neurology and neurosurgery (brain), orthopedics (bones, joints, muscles), pulmonology (lung), urology (urinary tract). Top 100 Hospitals®
The Joint Commission Accreditation
Chest Pain CenterThe Society of Chest Pain Centers awarded accreditation to Mercy's Emergency Department, Heart & Vascular Center and emergency medical personnel for their extensive and coordinated effort to reduce deaths from heart disease, 2009-2011 Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular CareThomson Reuters Healthcare rated Mercy Hospital one of the nation's 100 top cardiovascular hospitals 7 years in a row. This award measures performance on key criteria at the nation's top performing acute care hospitals, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Commission on Cancer Accreditation with commendation, 2009Outstanding Achievement Award Level 2 Trauma CenterAmerican College of Surgeons, 2010 Primary Stroke CenterNational certification by The Joint Commission recognizes the specialized care required by stroke patients, from early identification to immediate treatment and rehabilitation, 2009 American Association of Critical Care NursesBeacon Award for Critical Care Excellence awarded to all eligible Mercy units. This award highlights excellence in critical care patient systems, outcomes and an environment for patient safety.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Centers
Laboratory Services AccreditationClinical Pastoral Education AccreditationMinnesota Hospital Association (MHA)
VHA Leadership Awards2008 Supply chain management |
Mercy Hospital was named one of the nation's Top 100 Hospitals and one of the top 20 mid-size hospitals by Thomson Reuters Healthcare. This award measures performance based on public reporting of 10 quality measures of care, cost and patient satisfaction, 2011
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