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Mercy Medical Center (Roseburg, Oregon)
Hospital in Oregon, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mercy Medical Center is a rural[3] 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 90-acre (36 ha) campus,[4] and the hospital has a heliport for patients arriving to the emergency department via helicopter. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Mercy Medical Center is 1 of 2 hospitals in Douglas County, Oregon, Lower Umpqua Hospital in Reedsport being the other, and has been since 2000.[5] With 1,139 employees, the hospital is the second largest employer in the county, and in Roseburg.[6]
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.[7] Mercy Medical Center uses the electronic health record MEDITECH.[8]
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History
The hospital was started by the Sisters of Mercy in 1909.[9] At the time, the hospital contained 25 beds.[9] In the year 2000, Douglas Community Hospital closed its doors, making Mercy Medical Center the only hospital in Douglas County, Oregon.[5]
In 2007, Mercy Medical Center closed its behavioral health unit because of costs.[10]
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