Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa is a not-for-profit regional referral and teaching health care system that offers comprehensive health care services for people throughout northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. Its mission as Mercy Medical Center and as a member of Mercy Health Network is "...to work together and with others to continue the healing ministry of the Church, promoting the well-being of people in the communities we serve by living the values of Compassion, Respect, Excellence, Stewardship, and Concern for those who are poor."
With a staff of more than 2,600 employees, 293 active medical staff members and 134 ancillary providers, Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa offers health care services from two primary locations, the east campus at 1000 Fourth Street SW, and west campus at 910 North Eisenhower Avenue. As part of a complete continuum of patient care services, Mercy offers home care, rehabilitation, occupational health, hospice, and five area pharmacies. Our efforts to achieve excellence have been recognized:
- Identified by Thomson Reuters "Top 100 Hospital" nationally for 7th consecutive year and "Top 100 Cardiovascular Services" nationally for 8th consecutive year. The award is in recognition of excellence in clinical outcomes, cost effective care, fiscal management and growth..
- A Platinum Award recipient, the highest honor bestowed by the Wellness Councils of America
- Recognized in the top 3% of hospitals nationally for providing excellent patient safety three consecutive years.
- One of only 27 recipients out of more than 3,800 eligible hospitals nationwide to receive Premier Award for Quality from Premier Healthcare Alliance, in recognition of efficiently providing outstanding patient care and consistently setting the standard in clinical excellence nationwide.
- First rural health network nationally to implement a fully integrated electronic medical record throughout our system.
- Identified for 3rd consecutive years by Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine as the "2008 Most Wired Hospitals - Small and Rural Facilities" in recognition of information technology useage for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues.
Mercy offers a full array of quality, professional services to meet the health care needs of northern Iowans and southern Minnesotans. Our medical community provides sophisticated services with medical and surgical subspecialties, indluding Cardiac Surgery, Interventional Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Nephrology, Hematology/Oncology and much more. All the necessary diagnostic technology required for practicing quality medicine including CT, MRI, PET and Interventional Radiology along with five pathologists and a full service laboratory are available. Our medical community serves a 14-county referral area with a patient population of over 215,000.
Mason City, a family oriented community of 30,000 people, is an exciting and dynamic region in which to live, work, and play. Home to several national retail stores, major hotels, Fortune 500 companies, medical facilities as well as locally owned businesses and a regional airport, we are located two hours north of Des Moines, IA, two hours south of Minneapolis, MN, and nine miles from Clear Lake, one of Iowa's largest recreational lakes. As the largest urban center in North Iowa, our community offers amenities usually available only in larger cities. You will appreciate our low cost of living, affordable housing, excellent school systems (public and private), performing arts theaters and a regional orchestra. Our indoor ice facility is home to NAHL's Junior A North Iowa Outlaws hockey team. Mason City offers a variety of events for the whole family to enjoy from theatre, to sports, fine arts and history museums, parks, aquatic center and historic architecture with the largest single community collection of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School of Architecture in the nation. We know that Mason City is an excellent place in which to live, practice medicine, and raise a family. You will be warmly welcomed when you practice in North Iowa, a place where your skills are appreciated, where physicians are highly respected members of the community, a place where families embrace you and yours as you become rooted in a lifestyle second to none. Iowa is a great place to live - Mercy simply makes it better! Start the transition to your future TODAY!