Mercy Health, formerly Catholic Health Partners, is a
Catholic
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health care system with locations in
Ohio
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and
Kentucky
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.
Cincinnati
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-based Mercy Health operates more than 250
healthcare organizations in Ohio and Kentucky. Mercy Health is the largest health system in Ohio and the state's fourth-largest employer.
On September 1, 2018 Mercy Health and
Bon Secours Health System USA combined to become Bon Secours Mercy Health. Bon Secours Mercy Health headquarters are co-located with Mercy Heath in Cincinnati, Ohio.
History
The Religious Sisters of Mercy (R.S.M.) were founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. The sisters arrived in the United States in 1843. Eventually thirty-nine separate
Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute had about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They a ...
congregations across the United States and Latin America developed from that first convent in Pittsburgh. The Sisters of Mercy established hospitals in Hamilton, Ohio in 1892 and in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1898.
The Sisters of Charity of Montreal
In 1855
Toledo, Ohio
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was in the midst of a cholera and malaria epidemic. Father Augustine Campion, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church, asked the
Sisters of Charity of Montreal for assistance. They established St. Vincent Hospital. In 1983 the Sisters of Charity of Montreal established
Covenant Health Systems to direct, support and conduct their health care, elder care and social service systems throughout the United States. St. Vincent's Medical Center in Toledo joined Catholic Health Partners, while Covenant Health Systems retained management of the facilities in New England.
Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary
The sisters entered health care in 1879 when St. Joseph's Infirmary was built, the first Catholic hospital in the Mahoning Valley, which functioned until 1910 when the sisters were given charge of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Two more Ohio hospitals came under the direction of the sisters - St. Joseph Health Center in Warren in 1924 and St. Elizabeth in Boardman. By 2011, Humility of Mary Health Partners was formed to oversee the administration and management of St. Elizabeth Hospital and St. Joseph Health Center and several other area health-care services. By 2014, the hospitals were run by Catholic Health Partners.
[Zlatos, Bill. "Sisters of the Humility of Mary in Lawrence County celebrate 150th anniversary", ''Tribune-Review'', July 20, 2014]
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Name changes
Incorporated in 1986 as Mercy Health Care Systems, in 1997 the name was changed to Catholic Healthcare Partners to reflect the multiple religious communities that sponsored it. It was later shortened to Catholic Health Partners to reflect its growing emphasis on preventative care and overall wellness. It became Mercy Health in 2014.[
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Sponsors
These Catholic organizations co-sponsor Mercy Health: the Sisters of Mercy, South Central Community; the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community; the Sisters of Humility of Mary; and the Sisters of Charity of Montreal.
Hospitals
Mercy Health serves seven markets: Cincinnati
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, Toledo, Youngstown
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, Lima
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, Lorain and Springfield in Ohio and Paducah
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and Irvine in Kentucky.
Cincinnati, Ohio
In the Cincinnati area, there are five hospitals:
* Mercy Health Anderson Hospital
* Mercy Health Clermont Hospital
* Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital
* Mercy Health West Hospital
* The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health
And four additional 24-hour standalone emergency rooms:
* Mercy Health Harrison Medical Center
* Mercy Health Mt. Orab Medical Center
* Mercy Health Queen City Medical Center
* Mercy Health Rookwood Medical Center
Lima, Ohio
One hospital in Allen County:
* Mercy Health St. Rita's Medical Center
One additional 24-hour standalone emergency room:
* Mercy Health Putnam County Emergency Services
Lorain County, Ohio
* Mercy Health Allen Hospital
* Mercy Health Lorain Hospital
Springfield, Ohio
* Mercy Health Urbana Hospital
* Mercy Health Springfield Regional Medical Center
One additional 24-hour standalone emergency room:
* Mercy Health Dayton Springfield Emergency Center
Toledo, Ohio
Eight hospitals in Toledo and the Northwest Ohio area:
* Mercy Health Children's Hospital
* Mercy Health Defiance Hospital
* Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital
* Mercy Health St. Anne Hospital
* Mercy Health St. Charles Hospital
* Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center
* Mercy Health Tiffin Hospital
* Mercy Health Willard Hospital
And one additional 24-hour standalone emergency room:
* Mercy Health Sylvania Medical Center
Youngstown, Ohio
Three hospitals in the Mahoning Valley area:
* Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital
* Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
* Mercy Health St. Joseph Warren Hospital
One additional 24-hour standalone emergency room:
* Mercy Health Austintown Medical Center
Irvine, Kentucky
* Mercy Health Marcum and Wallace Hospital
Paducah, Kentucky
* Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital
See also
* Bon Secours (Virginia & South Carolina)
* Bon Secours Charity Health System
The Bon Secours Charity Health System, part of the Bon Secours Health System (USA), was established from a partnership between the Sisters of Bon Secours and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of Convent Station, New Jersey. The system in ...
* Bon Secours Sisters
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References
External links
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Bon Secours Mercy Health
Hospital networks in the United States
Hospitals in Cincinnati
Organizations based in Ohio
Catholic hospital networks in the United States
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