Mercy Medical Center is a
rural 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 campus, and the hospital has a heliport for patients arriving to the
emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pati ...
via helicopter. The hospital is accredited by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Mercy Medical Center is the only hospital in
Douglas County, Oregon, and has been since 2000.
With 1,139 employees, the hospital is the second largest employer in the county, and in Roseburg.
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.
Mercy Medical Center uses the
electronic health record
An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared throu ...
MEDITECH.
History
The hospital was started by the
Sisters of Mercy in 1909.
At the time, the hospital contained 25 beds.
In the year 2000, Douglas Community Hospital closed its doors, making Mercy Medical Center the only hospital in Douglas County, Oregon.
In 2007, Mercy Medical Center closed its
behavioral health unit because of costs.
References
External links
Mercy Medical Center homepage
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Hospital buildings completed in 1909
Hospitals established in 1909
Hospitals in Oregon
1909 establishments in Oregon
Catholic health care
Buildings and structures in Roseburg, Oregon