Mercy Health System is a non-profit
health careHealth care , is the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions...
provider and hospital based in
JanesvilleJanesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 59,498.-History:...
,
WisconsinWisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...
, with over 63 facilities in 22 communities.
The original Janesville City Hospital was founded in 1883 by Dr.
Henry PalmerHenry Palmer may refer to:*Henry Palmer , Surveyor of the Navy from 11 July 1589 to 20 December 1598*Henry Robinson Palmer , English engineer, in 1824 produced designs for a horse-drawn suspended monorail, precursor of the Schwebebahn Wuppertal*Henry Spencer Palmer ,British army military engineer...
, a
Civil WarThe American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America...
surgeon general who had trained
Daniel Hale WilliamsDaniel Hale Williams was an American surgeon. He was the first African-American cardiologist, and is sometimes attributed with performing the first successful surgery on the heart...
. It was later named Palmer Memorial Hospital and run by his son Dr. William Palmer. It was then bought by the
Sisters of MercyThe Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
in
ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
who renamed it Mercy Hospital.
Mercy Health System is a non-profit
health careHealth care , is the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions...
provider and hospital based in
JanesvilleJanesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 59,498.-History:...
,
WisconsinWisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...
, with over 63 facilities in 22 communities.
History
The original Janesville City Hospital was founded in 1883 by Dr.
Henry PalmerHenry Palmer may refer to:*Henry Palmer , Surveyor of the Navy from 11 July 1589 to 20 December 1598*Henry Robinson Palmer , English engineer, in 1824 produced designs for a horse-drawn suspended monorail, precursor of the Schwebebahn Wuppertal*Henry Spencer Palmer ,British army military engineer...
, a
Civil WarThe American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America...
surgeon general who had trained
Daniel Hale WilliamsDaniel Hale Williams was an American surgeon. He was the first African-American cardiologist, and is sometimes attributed with performing the first successful surgery on the heart...
. It was later named Palmer Memorial Hospital and run by his son Dr. William Palmer. It was then bought by the
Sisters of MercyThe Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
in
ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
who renamed it Mercy Hospital. The Mercy Sisters worked as trained nurses during the Civil War, both on the battlefield and in hospitals founded by the order, often bringing health care to soldiers where none existed. After the war they took on the work of public health care, but in the second half of the 20th Century the order began to divest itself of its health care holdings, of which Janesville Mercy was one.
The 1980s saw an increasingly competitive health care environment, and in 1989, Mercy selected Javon R. Bea as its CEO. Under Bea the Mercy Health System grew significantly, achieving national recognition for innovation and aggressive growth.
Mercy had planned to build a third major hospital facility in
Crystal Lake, IllinoisCrystal Lake is a city located in southeastern McHenry County in northeastern Illinois. It is named after Crystal Lake, a lake 1.6 miles west-southwest of downtown. Crystal Lake is also a suburb of the city of Chicago. The population was 38,000 at the 2000 census, but as of 2008 the population is...
to serve the northwest suburbs of Chicago. A Certificate of Need for a 70-bed facility was approved by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in 2004, but thrown out by a judge in 2005
http://www.inde-news.com/articles.cfm?ArticleID=032205121214 as part of a lawsuit filed by the established regional provider Centegra.
http://www.nwherald.com/MainSection/306783698874312.php A series of articles in Chicago papers detailed alleged breaches of ethics in Mercy's dealings with the Illinois board.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=324847 According to an indictment by the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, one board member received a
kickbackKickback usually refers to:* Political corruption* BriberyIt can also refer to:*The sports section of the long defunct Channel Four Daily* A variant of Blackwood convention in contract bridge...
of $1.5 million from a construction executive in return for lobbying other members of the board, among other unrelated improprieties.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/indict/2005/us_v_levine.pdf The hospital insists that it always acted properly, and no Mercy employees have been charged. Mercy has scaled back its planned facility and will not appeal the Certificate of Need.
In 1998,
Modern Healthcare magazine ranked Mercy at the top of its "Fastest Fifty", ranking providers by net patient revenue growth (1991-1996). In 2006, Mercy Health System was ranked first in the nation for providing employment options for people over age 50 by the AARP.
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/money/2006bestemployers.html It was also ranked 18th of the Top 100 Integrated Health Networks for 2006 by
Modern Healthcare magazine, and received an award for 2006 from the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E)
greenEnvironmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the state of the environment...
hospitals program.
http://www.noharm.org/details.cfm?ID=1293&type=document Working Mother magazine listed Mercy among its
100 Best Companies for 2006 for its family-friendly employment policies, which include flexible scheduling, extended leave, workforce re-entry, and affordable day-care.
http://www.workingmother.com/web Verispan, which annually rates the nation's integrated health networks, named Mercy 16th in its Top 100 list for 2006.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2007/02/12/news/news20.txt
In 2007, Mercy Health System was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Acute-care hospitals
- Mercy Hospital, Janesville (275 beds)
- Mercy Harvard Hospital, Harvard, Illinois
Harvard is a city in McHenry and Boone counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,996 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 9,104 as of 2005...
(77 beds)
- Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Lake Geneva is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,148 at the 2000 census. A resort city located on Geneva Lake, it is southwest of Milwaukee, and popular with tourists from metropolitan Chicago and Milwaukee.-History:...
(6 beds)
Medical & specialty centers
Wisconsin
- Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, Beloit had a population of 35,775. Its 2007 estimated census was 37,710. The greater Beloit area is home to more than 91,000 residents. Beloit is the home of Beloit College...
- Brodhead, Wisconsin
Brodhead is a city in Green and Rock Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,180 at the 2000 census. In February 2000, the city annexed a portion of land from the Town of Spring Valley in Rock County.-History:...
- Delavan, Wisconsin
Delavan is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,956 at the 2000 census. The city is located partially within the Town of Delavan. Delavan is home to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Lake Lawn Resort, and Andes Candies....
- Edgerton, Wisconsin
Edgerton is a city in Dane and Rock Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,933 at the 2000 census. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the...
- Evansville, Wisconsin
Evansville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,039 at the 2000 census . Since 2000, Evansville's population has increased over 21%...
- Janesville, Wisconsin
Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 59,498.-History:...
- Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Lake Geneva is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,148 at the 2000 census. A resort city located on Geneva Lake, it is southwest of Milwaukee, and popular with tourists from metropolitan Chicago and Milwaukee.-History:...
- Milton, Wisconsin
Milton is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,167 at the 2000 census .-History:The city was formed as a result of the 1967 merger of the villages of Milton and Milton Junction....
- Sharon, Wisconsin
Sharon is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Sharon.-Notable people:* Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin, was born in Sharon....
- Whitewater, Wisconsin
Whitewater is a city in Jefferson and Walworth Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located near the southern portion of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, Whitewater is the home of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.-Geography:...
Illinois
- Algonquin, Illinois
Algonquin is a village located in both Kane and McHenry County, Illinois. A 2007 special census placed the Village's population at 30,548, growing considerably from the 2000 Census figure of 23,276....
- Barrington, Illinois
Barrington is a United States village in Cook County, Illinois and Lake County, Illinois. The population was 10,168 at the 2000 census. Barrington is part of the Chicago metropolitan area...
- Cary, Illinois
Cary is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,531 at the 2000 census. A 2003 special census put the village's population at 17,827.-Geography:Cary is located at ....
- Crystal Lake, Illinois
Crystal Lake is a city located in southeastern McHenry County in northeastern Illinois. It is named after Crystal Lake, a lake 1.6 miles west-southwest of downtown. Crystal Lake is also a suburb of the city of Chicago. The population was 38,000 at the 2000 census, but as of 2008 the population is...
- Fox River Grove, Illinois
Fox River Grove is a village in the Cuba Township of Lake County and the Algonquin Township of McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,862 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- Harvard, Illinois
Harvard is a city in McHenry and Boone counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,996 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 9,104 as of 2005...
- Lake in the Hills, Illinois
Lake in the Hills is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,152 at the 2000 census. A 2006 special census put the village's population at 29,175....
- McHenry, Illinois
McHenry is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. At the 2005 census, the city population was 24,631. McHenry was at one time the county seat of McHenry County. McHenry was named for Major William McHenry, an old Indian fighter....
- Richmond, Illinois
Richmond is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,091 at the 2000 census. The current village president is Lauri Olson.-History:...
- Vernon Hills, Illinois
Vernon Hills is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,120 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 23,957 as of 2005...
- Woodstock, Illinois
Woodstock is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,151 at the 2000 census, and is 25,000 as of 2008. It is the county seat of McHenry County. Woodstock is located 51 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop and 32 miles northwest of O'Hare International...
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