Mercy Hospital

Update: Feds say Mercy Springfield is now in compliance with patient care standards

Updated Nov. 27 with federal decision — Following an investigation and subsequent layoffs, Mercy Hospital Springfield is no longer at risk of losing…

Tara Hegger, right, looks through pictures with her cousin, Lisa Pepper. Hegger has stayed in Mercy Hospital's intensive care unit for three months, because she can't find a nursing home in the state of Missouri that will accept her.

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri patients on ventilators are leaving the state for care. Here’s why.

For three months, 32-year-old Tara Hegger has lived in the intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital.She passes the time listening to music, visiting with…

Economy & Business

Mercy Health lays off 126 in St. Louis

Updated at 10:25 am June 25, 2015 with details of St. Louis area job cuts and comment from Mercy Health President and CEO Mercy Health says it has…

Health, Science & Environment

Telemedicine is changing the health care industry

In recent years, advancing technology has changed the way we go about our daily lives. From reading books on tablet devices to video chatting with a…

Government, Politics & Issues

Roy Blunt Visits Mercy Hospital,Talks Healthcare

Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri visited Mercy Hospital in St. Louis Monday to speak with healthcare workers about the implications of federal healthcare…

A rendering of the planned exterior of Mercy Virtual Care Center, to be built in Chesterfield, Mo.

Economy & Business

Mercy to build first-in-U.S. virtual care center, invest $2.4B in St. Louis area

A "first-of-its-kind in the country" virtual care center" in Chesterfield is just one part of a plan announced by Mercy Tuesday to invest $2.4 billion…