Sisters of Mercy Health System news and information

Sisters of Mercy Health System said five patients and an unidentified visitor were killed when a tornado struck its 347-bed St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., on Sunday night. HHS declared a public health emergency in Missouri.
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PEORIA, Ill.—The parent company of 298-bed Methodist Medical Center in Peoria is in talks to join one of the largest health systems in the Midwest, Iowa Health System, Des Moines.
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The ranks of Modern Healthcare's Health Care Hall of Fame swelled to 90 Sunday night as three more healthcare luminaries were inducted at a ceremony in Chicago.
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NASHVILLE—HCA and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County announced an agreement swapping the current site of the headquarters of the Metro Nashville Public Health Department for some other land that HCA owns, according to a news release. Also, HCA will supervise...
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Percy Allen II, the late Henry J. Kaiser and Sister Mary Roch Rocklage have been chosen as the latest inductees into Modern Healthcare's Health Care Hall of Fame.
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AUSTIN, Texas—The board of managers for Central Health, the healthcare district for Travis County, voted to form an HMO earlier this month. The board expects to better manage and coordinate care, and to diversify Central Health's revenue base, according to a news release from the...
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Johnston Memorial Hospital in Tishomingo, Okla., was sold and has become part of Mercy-Sisters of Mercy Health System, Chesterfield, Mo.
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Chesterfield, Mo.-based Sisters of Mercy Health System will officially launch its new $60 million data center in Washington, Mo., on Monday. The healthcare system broke ground on the 42,500-square-foot center in April 2008 in the Heidmann Industrial Park in Washington.
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