The Sisters of Charity Health System is taking a significant step into the future of patient care in Ohio by committing three of its medical centers to join the statewide health information exchange.

Plans now will begin for St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, St. John Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center to connect electronically to other Ohio physicians, hospitals, labs and health care entities. The projected timeline for implementation for St. Vincent Charity and St. John is the summer of 2012, and for Mercy Medical Center, the fall of 2012.

“The Sisters of Charity Health System’s medical centers are advancing our high quality of care by adopting health information technology that helps caregivers focus on prevention, care coordination and quality outcomes for patients,” said Sister Judith Ann Karam, CSA, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Health System.

“At our Ohio hospitals, this includes securely sharing data through the Ohio Health Information Partnership’s statewide electronic health information exchange, CliniSync, to better manage care, facilitate continuity and allow information access for patients,” she said.

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Thomson Reuters recently released its annual study identifying the top U.S. hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular services. The study, in its thirteenth year, singled out 50 hospitals that achieved superior clinical outcomes, including Mercy Medical Center, which is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System.

Read more in the announcement from Thomson Reuters, as well as a localized story by Modern Healthcare.

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Canton City Council voted unanimously on Monday, Oct. 24 to award Mercy Medical Center a City of Canton Community Development Block Grant for $250,000 for the Mercy Primary Care at St. Paul Square project. Located at 1459 Superior Ave. in Northeast Canton, Mercy Primary Care at St. Paul Square will offer a primary care physician office and ancillary services to a medically underserved area. The grant will be used to renovate a building on the grounds of the former St. Paul Catholic Church to the new Mercy health care facility

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Mercy Health Center of Carroll County, located at 125 Canton Road in Carrollton, Ohio, will offer low-cost blood screenings on Friday, May 27, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. These low-cost blood screenings are offered the fourth Friday of each month.

The screenings include:

·        Total cholesterol screening for $2

·        Glucose screening (blood sugar) for $2

·        Lipid profiles (total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL and LDL) for $8

No appointment is necessary and a 12-hour fast is recommended for more accurate results.

For more information, contact the Mercy Health Center of Carroll County at (330) 627-7641.

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Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, recently opened a newly renovated, state-of-the-art Cardiac Diagnostic Department. The new department, located on the second floor of Mercy’s Surgery Center, offers a convenient, comfortable and relaxing setting for cardiac diagnostics, combined with the most up-to-date, high-tech diagnostic equipment available today. Other features include separate outpatient and inpatient procedural areas, and showers for patients.  

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