Mercy Medical Center

365 Ways we are Better than Ever

#1 - ED's Kids Care rooms feature Fun Zone moveable game systems and distraction play kits.
#2 - #ED Fast Track expanded hours to meet customer demand.
#3 - Additional trauma rooms and triage area in Emergency Department.
#4 - New Blood Bank area with new refrigeration equipment.
#5 - Microbiology and Histology Departments have new facilities and equipment.
#6 - All new Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine facilities.
#7 - School of Radiology opened within the hospital, featuring training rooms and simulation lab.
#8 - New BioMedical suite opened on Sixth Floor.
#9 - Calming virtual skylights add aesthetic appeal to relax patients in Radiology.
#10 - New, enhanced Emergency Management Command Center.
#11 - Mercy is a role model for disaster recovery in healthcare trade publications and national conferences.
#12 - Mercy debuted new daVinci Surgical System.
#13 - Mercy earned an Excellence in Innovation award from The Advisory Board's Spend Compass program.
#14 - New Stroke and Vascular Clinic opened.
#15 - The Stroke Center and Heart Disease & Women program received Disease Specific Recertification by The Joint Commission.
#16 - Free Valet services offered to patients.
#17 - Mercy's Hospice opened an office in North Liberty.
#18 - Internet Availability increased for patients, visitors, physicians and employees.
#19 - Mercy named a Most Improved and Most Wired Innovator by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
#20 - Mercy only hospital in Cedar Rapids to offer video urodynamics.
#21 - "The Corridor Business Journal" named Mercy Fitness Center the best wellness program in the Corridor.
#22 - Mercy's Regional Cancer Center receivesd ThreeYear Approval with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer.
#23 - Especially for Me program expanded to include a wellness program for all cancer survivors.
#24 - Mercy's Hand Hygiene Campaign featured as a success story on the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Web site.
#25 - Each NEW private NICU suite is more than 400 square feet-the largest in the area.
#26 - Mercy earned an Excellence in Innovation award from The Advisory Board's Spend Compass program.
#27 - Mercy received a $28,069 grant from Variety-The Children's Charity to purchase three electric pediatric beds.
#28 - ED Nurses all certified with Emergency Nurse Pediatric Core training.
#329 - Mercy began offering Room Service dining.
#341 - VascYouLearn screening program began for carotid, aortic and peripheral vascular disease.
#82 - Hospice's children's bereavement program, Coping with Change, kicked off.
#69 - Every ED private room features leading-edge cardiac monitoring for bedside EKGs.
#298 - Mercy Medical Center gained national approval by the American College of Radiology for our exceptional breast health care.
#301 - Hall Radiation Center began offering endobronchial brachytherapy-the first in Cedar Rapids to offer this treatment for lung cancer.
#322 - Mercy Home Care provides onsite supportive services at newly opened Irving Point.
#78 - Mercy received Gold Performance Awards for exemplary care of heart attack & stroke patients from the American Heart Association.
#37 - Mercy received American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program's Gold Performance Award for sustained coronary artery disease care.
#360 - Mercy surfaced as a leading hospital in a national sample study conducted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
#87 - Mercy was the first/only hospital in C.R. accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories for quality echocardiographic services.
#99 - Mercy earned Chest Pain Center Accreditation from The Society of Chest Pain Centers.
#212 - The two new MR units, a Siemens 3 Tesla and a GE 1.5 Tesla, in Radiology.
#280 - Mercy's home dialysis program received "Pursuit of Excellence" award from Baxter Healthcare.
#302 - Mercy's Interventional Pain Management Center awarded Pain Program Accreditation by the American Academy of Pain Management.
#325 - Mercy was the first hospital in the area to offer Saebo Flex technology to help stroke victims recover function of hands or upper extremities.
#45 - Pediatrics began using "Weigh 'Too," a fun, temporary tattoo to immediately identify a child's weight range.
#105 - New fully robotic, automated Mercy Pharmacy enhances quality and safety.
#47 - Mercy employees reported 11,396 hours of community benefit.
#48 - Urinary Incontinence Center & Men's Health Center opened.
#199 - Eleven Mercy's nurses selected among Iowa's 100 Great Nurses.
#300 - Bedside Medication Verification and Electronic Medication Administration Record (BMV/eMAR) improve patient safety.

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365 Ways we are Better than Ever