Sisters of Mercy Health System news and information

The timely installation of an EHR system was essential to helping St. John's Regional Medical recover from the tornado that destroyed the Joplin, Mo., hospital on May 22, 2011.
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The St. Louis division of SSM Health Care, also based in St. Louis, has expanded its SSM Heart Institute cardiology medical group (PDF) with 14 cardiologists from three area practices joining the group, according to a news...
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Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy—formerly known as Sisters of Mercy Health System—announced it reached an agreement to acquire ownership of 25-bed Logan Medical Center, Guthrie, Okla., for $7.2 million.
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For most people involved with healthcare delivery, the assortment of supply chain processes that brings the needed materials from manufacturers to the point of patient care is a barely familiar activity tucked away in back rooms and basements. Some clinicians and most patients would be hard-pressed...
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All discussions of the St. Louis-area hospital market begin with BJC HealthCare.
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JOPLIN, Mo.—Freeman Health System has gotten federal waivers to add as many as 89 beds to accommodate the extra patients resulting from the tornado that struck the town May 22, destroying the other local hospital, 347-bed St. John's Regional Medical Center. Freeman, which operates a...
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Methodist Health System in Dallas is working with Texas Health Resources in nearby Arlington to form an accountable care organization, a partnership in part inspired by Medicare's effort to reward providers that deliver quality care at lower costs through ACOs.
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Freeman Health System, Joplin, Mo., has gotten federal waivers to add as many as 89 beds to accommodate the extra patients resulting from the tornado that struck the town May 22, destroying the other local hospital, 347-bed St. John's Regional Medical Center.
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Wellmont Health System, Kingsport, Tenn., hired a new executive to oversee its Wellmont Regional Cancer Network, according to a news release.
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Rebuilding a hospital decimated by natural disaster would be tough enough. St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., faces particularly difficult obstacles that go beyond the physical destruction caused by the tornado.
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