Mercy San Juan Hospital

Description

Mercy San Juan is a highlyacclaimed facility serving families throughout north Sacramento and south Placer Counties For more than 40 years weve brought leading doctors cuttingedge technology and exceptional programs to area residents Learn more about our healthcare mission and the values guiding our service to our patients and community

Mission Vision amp Values




Catholic Healthcare West and Mercy San Juan Medical Center are committed to furthering the healing ministry of Jesus and to providing highquality affordable healthcare to the communities we serve

Our Mission
Catholic Healthcare West and our Sponsoring Congregations are committed to furthering the healing ministry of Jesus We dedicate our resources to

Delivering compassionate highquality affordable health services
Serving and advocating for our sisters and brothers who are poor and disenfranchised
Partnering with others in the community to improve the quality of life
Our Vision
A growing and diversified health care ministry distinguished by excellent quality and committed to expanding access to those in need

Our Values
Catholic Healthcare West is committed to providing highquality affordable health care to the communities we serve Above all else we value

Collaboration Working together with people who support common values and vision to achieve shared goals

Dignity Respecting the inherent value and worth of each person

Excellence Exceeding expectations through teamwork and innovation

Justice Advocating for social change and acting in ways that promote respect for all persons and demonstrate compassion for our sisters and brothers who are powerless

Stewardship Cultivating the resources entrusted to us to promote healing and wholeness

CHW is strengthened in service by the membership of Catholic hospitals founded by congregations of religious women and hospitals that are not Catholic founded by local communities or dedicated physicians The same work of healing is central to all we do

For guidance and moral foundation CHWs Catholic hospitals use The Ethical and Religious Directives published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

History

Mercy San Juan Medical Center established in 1967 and located in Carmichael continues the mission that began 150 years ago when the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Northern California to devote their lives to care for the uneducated and the sick


Mercy San Juan doctors lead a healthcare team that prides itself in patientcare excellence embracing every opportunity to combine the latest technology with the most comprehensive and compassionate care available

Mercy San Juan has evolved from a 215bed community hospital to a 260bed medical center adding key specialty areas such as cardiac services the Mercy Cancer Center the Mercy Center for Breast Health the Mercy Sleep Center the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Mercy Home Health and Mercy Hospice

The year 1999 marked a milestone for Mercy San Juan The Trauma Center opened and all Mercy San Juan patients benefited as the hospital added specialty doctors and enhanced laboratory and imaging services to provide the 24hour services necessary for a Level II trauma program

Today Mercy San Juan receives more ambulance traffic than any Sacramento area hospital Whats more the American College of Surgeons calls Mercys trauma program one that other hospitals should use as a blueprint

Looking ahead Mercy San Juan is planning a 100 million expansion scheduled to bring 100 new patient beds to north Sacramento and south Placer County by the year 2008 Learn more about our Hospital Expansion plans

Highlights


1962 Sisters of Mercy purchase 26acre site on Coyle Avenue in Carmichael

1967 Mercy San Juan Hospital opens in Carmichael

1979 Mercy starts new hospice program

1981 Mercy starts new home health program

1982 Mercy San Juan becomes first Sacramento hospital to offer hyperbaric oxygen HBO treatments

1982 Outpatient surgery center opens under physician leadership

1985 Mercy assumes leadership of Mercy San Juan Surgery Center

1986 Mercy Healthcare in Sacramento merges with Mercy Health System in San Francisco to form Catholic Healthcare West

1986 Mercy Sleep Center opens

1988 Dr John Schafer first recipient of Lloyd D Bowles physician award

1989 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opens as 6bed unit at Mercy San Juan

1990 First Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU Reunion held

1990 Mercy San Juan opens cardiac cath lab and begins cardiac surgery

1991 NICU moves into new space and expands to 18 beds

1991 American River Hospital purchased and renamed Mercy American River Hospital Its operations begin to merge with Mercy San Juan

1993 Mercy Hospice receives Medicare certification














1995 Mercy San Juan first receives designation for Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program from American College of Surgeons


1998 Pharmacy Practice Residency Program receives accreditation from the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists

1999 Trauma Center opens with 69000square foot expansion including new 31bed Emergency Department

2000 Mercy American River Hospital closes with all staff offered jobs at other Mercy facilities

2000 Trauma Center receives American College of Surgeons verification the gold standard for trauma centers

2001 Name changed to Mercy San Juan Medical Center to more accurately reflect breadth of services

2002 Mercy Center for Breast Health opens

2003 Bariatric surgery program begins

2004 Mercy Cancer Center established on Mercy San Juan campus

2004 Recruitment of cancer surgeons Dr Jeffrey Pelton and Dr Stephen Maxwell leads to establishment of Mercy Cancer Center on Mercy San Juan campus

2005 Stroke program receives primary stroke center designation from Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations JCAHO

2005 Mercy Sleep Center doubles in size from four to eight beds and moves to new location on Auburn Boulevard

2006 Bariatric surgery program receives Center of Excellence status by American Society of Bariatric Surgery

2006 Family Birth Center successfully delivers first set of quadruplets

2006 State Office of Traffic Safety announces 500000 grant for DUI program championed by Trauma Center Medical Director Leon Owens MD

2006 Mercy San Juan recognized by five health plans for being among the top 10 of California hospitals for quality patient care

2006 First Trauma Reunion held

2007 Mercy San Juan Medical Center celebrates their 40th anniversary