Around The System
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St. John’s Hospital Opens New Patient Tower
After three years of construction, St. John’s Hospital in Springfield celebrated the opening of its new patient tower on April 19. The 360,000-square-foot tower increases the hospital’s capacity by 110 beds and serves as the new hospital main entrance. Rooms overlook new courtyards and campus green space and are outfitted with fold-out sofa beds for visitors or family members, wireless Internet and soothing artwork.
Mercy Breaks Ground On Enterprise Data Center
Mercy formally broke ground in Washington, Missouri, on April 29 for the construction of a new data center to provide Systemwide support to Mercy hospitals, outpatient facilities, physician offices and other services. The 40,000-square-foot data center is the first known in the area to be custom-built for healthcare. It is slated for completion in August 2010.
Mercy, ROi Receive GHX Most Innovative Provider Award
Mercy and our Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi) supply chain operating division were recently honored by Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) with the “Most Innovative Provider” award for improvement in supply chain performance. GHX is the largest and most utilized electronic commerce exchange in the healthcare industry. Mercy and ROi were also honored in 2007 with the GHX “Provider of the Year” award for large providers.
Arkansas Hospital Adds Tool for Cardiac Assessment
Mercy Medical Center in Northwest Arkansas has added a new clinical tool measures a cardiac-specific protein in the body that is released if heart muscle is damaged or stressed. This tool allows medical staff to administer and conduct the test at the patient’s bedside instead of in a lab and has a process time of only 10 minutes, versus an hour for other traditional methods. Mercy Medical Center is the first hospital in Northwest Arkansas and only the second in the state of Arkansas to utilize this technology.
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