Featured Services
Just the Facts
- Named one of the top five large U.S. Health Systems for four consecutive years by IBM Watson Health
- Named as a 2018 Top 20 Best Practices in Patient Satisfaction award recipient by the National Rural Health Association
- Named in 52 Great Health Systems to Know by Becker’s Hospital Review
- Cardiac and pulmonary rehab program certified by American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Named “Most Wired” by American Hospital Association for health information technology
- Recognized by the American College of Cardiology in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” issue for commitment to hospital care for heart patients.
- 24-hour emergency room
- Senior Life Solutions offers mental help to seniors
- Mercy Meds electronic medication administration system improves safety by monitoring medications and dosage through computerized, bar-coded technology
- Rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology
- Outpatient surgery
- Cardiology clinic
- Podiatry clinic
- Skilled care enables patients who have been treated in a larger hospital to remain close to home for recovery and follow-up care
- Wound care
- IV infusions
- Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation
- Quality & Patient Safety
- 2001: South Barry County Hospital joins Mercy
- Using secure video and audio connections from Mercy Virtual, Mercy’s telemedicine center, patients can have virtual visits with stroke specialists and critical care doctors without leaving the local hospital
- Among the first health care organizations in the U.S. to have a comprehensive, integrated electronic 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 and schedule appointments and e-visits using a personal computer, tablet or smartphone
- 3D mammography
- A variety of diagnostic imaging services are locally available, led by a board-certified radiologist to interpret results
- Stress tests and nuclear medicine testing offered five days a week
- 16 slice CT services
By The Numbers (FY2022)
26,424 visits
Outpatient
$926,000
Traditional Charity Care
$3,000
Other Community Benefit
10,119 visits
Emergency Room
18 Beds
Inpatient Care
298 Discharges
Acute Inpatient
106 Co-workers
Hospital Based
6 Physicians
Mercy Clinic
87 Surgeries
Inpatient & Outpatient
About Mercy
Mercy, one of the 20 largest
U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent
patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally
recognized quality care and one of the nation’s largest Accountable Care
Organizations. Mercy is
a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including more than 40
acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab)
hospitals, convenient
and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices
and outpatient facilities, more than 4,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 40,000 co-workers serving patients
and families across Arkansas,
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and
outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Media Contact
Ettie Berneking
Branson, Cassville, Aurora, Lebanon, Mountain View, Rolla, Springfield
Phone: 417-820-2008
Cell: 573-529-4845
Twitter: @MercySGF
