2008 Press Releases

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Earns Organ Donation Awards
December 29, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR) St. Edward Mercy Medical Center received two awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) at the Fourth Annual Learning Congress and Medal of Honor Ceremony held in Nashville. The Medical Center received the Medal of Honor for Organ Donation and an award for the number of organs transplanted per donor. [More...]

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Unveils Neurosurgery Suite
November 13, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR) St. Edward Mercy Medical Center will unveil its new neurosurgery suite at a dedication at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 20 in the new suite. Members of the media are invited to attend. [More...]

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Awarded CARF-CCAC Accreditation
November 11, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR)St. Edward Mercy Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation by the Commission on Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) – Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CCAC). The Medical Center will celebrate the accreditation at a ceremony to be held at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18 at Sicard Education Center in the Centers of Excellence. [More...]

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Named as Consumer Choice Award Winner Fifth Consecutive Year
November 5, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR) St. Edward Mercy Medical Center was named as a 2008-2009 Consumer Choice Award Winner by the National Research Corporation (NRC). The award identifies hospitals which healthcare consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in over 250 markets throughout the United States. This is the fifth year in a row that St. Edward Mercy has won the Consumer Choice Award. [More...]

St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Goes “Green” With On-Campus Shuttle Service
November 5, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR) St. Edward Mercy Medical Center goes “green” with its launch of an electric car on-campus shuttle service called St. Edward Mercy Auxiliary Mercy Go Getters. The vehicles will be dedicated at 11 a.m. on November 13 at the main entrance to the Centers of Excellence. [More...]

St. Edward Mercy Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Mercy Mammography Van Service
October 24, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR) St. Edward Mercy Medical Center will celebrate the 20th anniversary of offering Mercy Mammography Van service at a ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. on October 30 in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Parking Lot, located in front of the Medical Center’s Women’s Center entrance. Mercy Mammography Van staff and a former patient will be on hand at this event. [More...]

St. Edward Mercy Unveils NICU Transport Vehicle
September 2, 2008 - (Fort Smith, AR) St. Edward Mercy Medical Center will unveil its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Transport vehicle at a dedication ceremony to be held at 11 a.m. on September 9 in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Parking Lot, located in front of the Medical Center’s Women’s Center entrance. NICU Transport Team Staff and former patients will be on hand at this event. [More...]

7/17/2008 - Elizabeth Schluterman, diabetes education coordinator for St. Edward Mercy Health System, was named Co-Worker of the Year by her peers for 2008. [Read more...]

7/16/2008 - St. Edward Mercy Hospice Inpatient Unit was licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health effective July 9, 2008. The Unit is now able to admit patients. [Read more...]

7/16/2008 - The fourth-annual Birdies Fore Babies Golf Tournament, hosted by the St. Edward Mercy Foundation, will benefit the St. Edward Mercy Medical Center Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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7/15/2008 - Dr. Robert Patton has been named president and chief executive officer of St. Edward Mercy Clinic effective July 14. The Clinic is a subsidiary of the St. Edward Mercy Health System.
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7/9/2008 - Breathing Easier Together, a smoking cessation program hosted by the St. Edward Mercy Health System, is expanding its services to Scott and Crawford Counties. [Read more...]

7/1/2008 - Dr. Sean Baker will join the St. Edward Mercy Clinic – Van Buren in July. Dr. Baker will work with current Van Buren staff Dr. William Dudding and Stefanie Ellis, APN. [Read more...]

6/25/2008 - On Tuesday, June 17, Jerry Stevenson, CEO of the St. Edward Mercy Health System, presented a check in the amount of $50,000 to Mary Lee Frase, executive director of the Cancer Support Foundation, for A Helping Hand for Cancer Support, a program offered by the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House. [Read more...]

6/23/2008 - Randy and Donna Beallis will join the St. Edward Mercy Clinic on June 25. St. Edward Mercy Clinic is part of an effort of the St. Edward Mercy Health System to support recruitment and retention of additional physicians to the community. [Read more...]

6/16/2008 - St. Edward Mercy Medical Center will unveil its 12-bed Mercy Hospice Inpatient Unit at a dedication and open house for the general public from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, June 23.
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5/21/2008 - St. Edward Mercy clarifies conflict of interest policy. [Read more...]