Mercy Hospital St. Louis Quick Facts

Mercy Hospital St. Louis
615 S. New Ballas Road
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 251-6000

• Mercy Children’s Hospital
• David C. Pratt Cancer Center
• Heart and Vascular Hospital
• Birthing Center
• Burn Center
• Stroke Center 
• Surgery Center (inpatient and outpatient)
• Behavioral Health
• Home Health and Hospice
• Medical Doctors Building
• Ronald McDonald House and Family Room

• 1856: Sisters of Mercy arrive in St. Louis
• 1871: Sisters turn original school building into 25-bed hospital for women and children known as St. John’s Hospital
• 1874: St. John’s Hospital becomes a general hospital and serves all
• 1963: The new hospital, current site of Mercy Hospital St. Louis in west St. Louis County, opens
• 2003: David C. Pratt Cancer Center opens, providing comprehensive outpatient cancer care
• 2006: Heart and Vascular Hospital opens, bringing all cardiovascular and emergency services together into one comprehensive facility
• 2010: Mercy Children’s Hospital opens new pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit rooms
• 2011: St. John's Mercy Medical Center becomes Mercy Hospital St. Louis
• 2014: Low-risk Birthing Center run by certified nurse midwives opens

Technology

• CyberKnife M6
• da Vinci Xi Surgical System
• 3D tomosynthesis mammography
• AcessaTM procedure using minimally invasive RF ablation to destroy fibroid tumors
• TomoTherapy Hi-Art System® advanced and integrated cancer treatment system
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Body Radiotherapy treat complex cancers with a precise, single dose of radiation

Experience

• Region’s premiere maternity services
• Level III (highest) neonatal intensive care unit - largest in Missouri
• Level I (highest) Trauma Center - only one in St. Louis County
• Verified adult and pediatric burn center
• St. Louis County's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Comprehensive Cancer Care
• Digital Mobile Mammography Van
• Quality & Patient Safety

Achievement

• CMS 5-Star Hospital
• Watson Health 100 Top Hospital
• Awarded A Grade for patient safety from Leapfrog - 15 consecutive times
• Beacon Award Silver recognizing excellence in the Burn Center
• Named AAGL Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (COEMIG)
• Named Center of Excellence for OB Anesthesia by Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
• Validated as a Stage 7 hospital by HIMSS Analytics, a global health care technology market intelligence, research and standards organization, based on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM^SM)
• Verified Adult and Pediatric Burn Center, by American Burn Association and American College of Surgeons 
• Designated Level 1 STEMI Center by Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services Time Critical Diagnosis Unit
• Earned the American Heart/Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines® Gold Plus achievement award
• Earned the American Heart/Stroke Association Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus award

Accreditations

• The Joint Commission
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Intersocietal Accreditation Commission for adult/pediatric echocardiography and vascular testing
• American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer with commendations
• American College of Radiology for breast ultrasound
• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
• Society of Chest Pain Centers for heart failure
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society