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Awards, accreditations and honors
- For the ninth year in a row, the National Research Corporation recognized Mercy as one of the nation’s top hospitals for quality and image with its 2007-08 Consumer Choice Award.
- The Joint Commission named Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines as the first hospital in central Iowa to be certified as a Primary Stroke Center and earn its Gold Seal of Approval™ for health care quality and safety.
- Mercy was designated one of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for heart and heart surgical care.
- The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association named Mercy a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac CareSM as well as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric SurgerySM.
- Mercy was named a Mentor Hospital by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) for its success with the 100,000 Lives Campaign and recently was selected by the IHI as the hospital from Iowa that represents significant strides with its 5 Million Lives Campaign.
- Mercy was presented with a three-year Gold Well Workplace Award from the Wellness Council of Iowa.
- Mercy received the Iowa Nurses’ Association’s 2006 Friend of Nursing Award for making significant contributions to the profession of nursing.
- The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) granted a 10-year accreditation to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Mercy College of Health Sciences.
- Mercy was awarded a Medal of Honor from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its successful efforts to educate the public about organ donation.
- The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons granted a three-year approval with commendation to Mercy’s Cancer Center as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program.
- The Iowa Psychological Association (IPA) named Mercy the winner of its 2007 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award for creating a work environment that fosters employee health and well-being.
- Mercy was honored by the Des Moines Human Rights Commission as the 2007 Business and Industry Human Rights Award winner.
- Mercy was honored with the 2006 Merit Employer of the Year Award from the Des Moines Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- Mercy Clinics, Inc. was distinguished as a Diabetes Physician Recognition Program. Co-sponsored by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and the American Diabetes Association, the program recognizes physicians for providing quality care to patients with diabetes.
- Friends of Iowa Civil Rights, Inc. honored Mercy with the 2007 Friends of Iowa Civil Rights Award.
- Mercy was named one of nation’s top 10 institutions for human subject protection education by the National Association of Institutional Managers (NAIM).
- Thomson Healthcare (formerly known as Solucient) named Mercy as one the nation’s 40 best teaching hospitals without a cardiovascular residency program, and the only central Iowa hospital to make the list.
- The third quarter 2007 ACTION Registry™ maintained by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) ranks Mercy first among 224 participating hospitals for “Overall Guidelines Composite, Acute Guidelines Medications, Discharge Guidelines Medication and Total CMS Guidelines Composite” for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. Mercy also performed well in its management of non-STEMI patients, ranking 13 out of 250 participating hospitals for “Overall Guidelines Composite.”
- Mercy was the recipient of a bronze 2007 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Award. The award recognizes Iowa businesses and organizations that have completed a review and evaluation of current processes to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement, utilizing the Baldrige National Quality Program Criteria for Performance Excellence.
- The Iowa chapter of the American Heart Association recognized Mercy with the 2008 “From the Heart” award for the Level 1 Heart Attack Protocol.
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