U.S.A. Pennsylvania
Published Sep 20, 2006
Here is a link to the story (hope it works)
http://www.wpxi.com/health/9892911/detail.html
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
10 Articles; 18,370 Posts
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
105 Posts
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
510 Posts
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
5,758 Posts
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'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.