Mercy Medical Center (Roseburg, Oregon)

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Mercy Medical Center is a rural[1] non-profit community hospital located in the city of Roseburg, in the US State of Oregon. Mercy Medical Center has 171 licensed beds on a 90-acre (36 ha) campus,[2] and the hospital has a heliport for patients arriving to the emergency department via helicopter. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Mercy Medical Center is 1 of 2 hospitals in Douglas County, Oregon, Lower Umpqua Hospital in Reedsport being the other, and has been since 2000.[3] With 1,139 employees, the hospital is the second largest employer in the county, and in Roseburg.[4]

In the most recent year with available data, Mercy Medical Center had 45,870 emergency department visits, 7,180 admissions, 1,679 inpatient surgeries, and 584 outpatient surgeries.[5] Mercy Medical Center uses the electronic health record MEDITECH.[6]

History

The hospital was started by the Sisters of Mercy in 1909.[7] At the time, the hospital contained 25 beds.[7] In the year 2000, Douglas Community Hospital closed its doors, making Mercy Medical Center the only hospital in Douglas County, Oregon.[3]

In 2007, Mercy Medical Center closed its behavioral health unit because of costs.[8]

References

  1. 1."Oregon's Small and Rural Hospitals". Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013.
  2. 2."Fiscal Year 2013 Community Benefit Report" (PDF). Mercy Medical Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013.
  3. 3.[3.2]Cegavske, Carisa (January 16, 2013). "Douglas County doctors and Mercy Medical Center forge partnership". The News Review.
  4. 4."Douglas County Largest Employers" (PDF). Umpqua Economic Development Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  5. 5."Mercy Medical Center". U.S. News & World Report.
  6. 6."Congratulations". MEDITECH.
  7. 7.[7.2]"About Mercy Medical Center". Mercy Medical Center. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013.
  8. 8.The Associated Press (September 14, 2007). "Roseburg Hospital to Close Mental Health Unit". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 11, 2013.