UPMC to acquire Mercy Hospital

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Oct 2, 2006

social service providers hope 'mercy care' continues

friday, september 22, 2006.

by steve levin, pittsburgh post-gazette.

when vicki sirockman worked at children's home of pittsburgh, she recalled that ambulance drivers sometimes went out of their way to take patients to mercy hospital "because they thought they'd be treated better there."...

west penn tries to stop university of pittsburgh medical center's mercy deal

the head of the region's second-largest health system is moving aggressively to try to block the merger of university of pittsburgh medical center and mercy hospital, raising concerns with the u.s. justice department, the pennsylvania attorney general and others.

pittsburgh post-gazette, sep 29, 2006

Markthemalenurse · Oct 2, 2006

I didn't know they sold off Mercy Providence. Who's running it now? What services does it provide?

This is all I could find about this.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06264/723762-28.stm

scroll down to the near bottom of the page and look for 2005.

danh3190 · Oct 2, 2006

I'm kind of sorry to see Mercy become part of the UPMC system. On the other hand, after I actually become a nurse I'll owe UPMC two years because of the tuition forgiveness program. If Mercy maintains its high quality of care, it would be great to work there!

oramar · Feb 9, 2008

Just for reference, Mercy Hosp is MILLIONS in debt, and they are the ones who approached UPMC to help rescue them. UPMC did not leverage themselves to 'take over' Mercy.
I'd be interested in hearing which hospitals are worse off since they've aligned with UPMC.

I think the writer meant that the nurses are worse off working for UPMC as in "RUINED" from nurses point of view. I didn't take that post to mean that hospitals bought up by UPMC don't make money. UPMC does not come by it's huge profits by being gentle with it's employees.