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Mercy Heritage

• Sisters of Mercy Founder Catherine McAuley opens the first House of Mercy in 1827 in Dublin, Ireland
• During the Crimean War, in the mid 1800s, Sisters of Mercy work alongside Florence Nightingale
• First Mercy hospital in the world opens in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1857
• By the late 1800s, the Sisters of Mercy found more schools than any other religious order in the English-speaking world
• Central Bank of Ireland honors Founder Catherine McAuley for her impact on Irish culture by putting her picture on a £5 note
• Sisters of Mercy are currently seeking sainthood through the Roman Catholic Church for Founder Catherine McAuley
• Sisters of Mercy Health System, which was formed in 1986, transitions in 2011 to one name - Mercy - across four states

Just the Facts:

Technology:

• Among 10 percent of health care organizations nationwide to have a comprehensive, integrated electric health record that provides real-time, paperless access to patient information
• MyMercy, a free service, allows patients to connect online with their doctors, plus see medical information, view test results, renew prescriptions an schedule appointments using a personal computer or smartphone
• Health Information and Management Systems Society, a global leader in health care technology, designated Mercy a stage six of a seven-stage process, joining the ranks of health care leaders such as Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic
• $60 million data center provides fail-safe protection and power. When an EF5 tornado struck Mercy's Joplin facility in 2011, patient records electronically backed up at offsite data center were immediately available
• Mercy SafeWatch, the largest electronic ICU in the nation, provides 24-hour vigilance to critically ill patients. Alongside on-site medical teams, high-definition cameras and sophisticated technology allow specialized ICU physicians and nurses in a central command center to expand each patient's care team

Achievements:

• Named 2012 "Most Wired" health care organization by the American Hospital Association - the ninth time since 1999
• Named top health care supply chain operation in the world, just second overall to Cardinal Health

Green:

• In Fiscal Year 2012, Mercy saved more than $2 million and diverted more than 80,000 pounds of waste from local landfills. Since beginning a green initiative in 2009 that involves reprocessing medical devices, Mercy has more than doubled its savings and quadrupled the amount of waste that no longer goes to landfills

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