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About Bergan Mercy Medical Center
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 History
Bergan Mercy Medical Center has
been providing quality healthcare since 1910 when the Sisters of Mercy opened
Saint Catherine's Hospital at Ninth and Forest Streets.
In 1964, a new
250-bed hospital, now known as Bergan Mercy, was opened near 72 and Center
Streets, the current location. The hospital was named in honor of the Sisters of
Mercy and the late Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan. Bergan Mercy Hospital became
Bergan Mercy Health System of the Midlands in 1985 when Bergan and Mercy
Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa merged.
During 1991, Bergan Mercy Hospital
expanded to offer comprehensive healthcare and became Bergan Mercy Medical
Center.
In June 1996, Bergan Mercy Health System and Immanuel Medical
Center came together to form Alegent Health.
In
June 2007, Bergan Mercy announced a $107.2 million expansion and enhancement
project at Bergan Mercy. The new construction and reconfiguration of existing
space will create the facilities needed to deliver the next generation of
patient-centered care and build on the legacy of Bergan Mercy providing for the
most complex patients in the community.
Among the expansion highlights is
the new Bergan Family Life Center which will feature a women's and children's
hospital designed to meet the changing dimensions of maternity and infant care,
with 16 labor and delivery beds, a new 35 bed post-partum unit, nine ante partum
beds for high-risk pregnancies and a new Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
with 32 private rooms.
A new Alegent Health Cancer Center will centralize
and integrate oncology services on the Bergan Mercy campus and support
significant advances in cancer diagnosis, treatment and research. The center
will also include an Image Recovery Center to serve a growing community
need.
This expansion and enhancement project will also create 84
additional medical/surgical beds and an enlarged Intensive Care Unity with 16
additional beds. Renovations are set to be complete at Bergan Mercy Medical
Center in 2010.
In 2006, Bergan Mercy was the first hospital within the
Alegent Health system to implement the COMPASS program, a new
palliative care consulting service intended to relieve symptoms and maximize
quality of life for patients and families dealing with chronic illness. The
addition of a new 64-slice CT scanner and state-of-the-art bed systems continues
to allow Bergan Mercy staff and physicians to provide patients with more
accurate diagnoses and the quality of care expected of Alegent
Health.
Recently, Bergan Mercy Medical Center unveiled and dedicated the
Digestive Health Center, the region's first center dedicated to digestive
health. The Center provides full-service clinical care to accurately detect,
diagnose and treat digestive system disorders. By using an interdisciplinary
approach, the Center offers inpatients and outpatients comprehensive care at one
location.
In 2005, Bergan Mercy received the Commission's Gold Seal of
Approval, giving the hospital's Joint Replacement Center national recognition as
a symbol of quality that reflects the organization's commitment to meeting
certain performance standards. In addition to the Gold Seal of Approval, the
Joint Replacement Center was also recognized with the 2004 Nebraska Edgerton
Quality Award of Commitment.
Modern Healthcare magazine recently named
the hospital to the list of the nation's Top 100 Hospitals for the first time
and the American Association of Retired Persons named Bergan Mercy Medical
Center one of 15 'Hospitals with a Heart' in the United States.
Bergan Mercy is known for providing
outstanding health care in the areas of:
- Cardiology
- Chest Pain Center
- Digestive Services
- Homecare
- Maternity
- Oncology
- Orthopaedics
- Outpatient Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Urgent Care
- Pulmonary
- Urology
- Women's
Services
- Wound Care
Some facts about the facility:- 400 licensed beds
- 905 Physicians on active staff
- 380 full-time registered nurses
- 1,381
full-time employees
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