Catholic Health Partners

Catholic Health Partners is now Mercy Health.[1][2][3]

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health operates more than 250 healthcare organizations in Ohio and Kentucky. Mercy Health is the largest health system in Ohio and the state's fourth-largest employer.[4]

History

Incorporated in 1986 as Mercy Health Care Systems, in 1997 the name was changed to Catholic Healthcare Partners to reflect the multiple religious communities that sponsored it. It was later shortened to Catholic Health Partners to reflect its growing emphasis on preventative care and overall wellness.[5]

These Catholic organizations co-sponsor Mercy Health:[6] the Sisters of Mercy, South Central Community; the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community; the Sisters of Humility of Mary; and the Sisters of Charity of Montreal.

The Sisters of Charity of Montreal

In 1855 Toledo, Ohio was in the midst of a cholera and malaria epidemic. Father Augustine Campion, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church, asked the Sisters of Charity of Montreal for assistance. They established St. Vincent Hospital. In 1983 the Sisters of Charity of Montreal established Covenant Health Systems to direct, support and conduct their health care, elder care and social service systems throughout the United States.[7] St. Vincent's Medical Center in Toledo joined Catholic Health Partners, while Covenant Health Systems retained management of the facilities in New England.

Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary

The sisters entered health care in 1879 when St. Joseph's Infirmary was built, the first Catholic hospital in the Mahoning Valley, which functioned until 1910 when the sisters were given charge of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio.[8] Two more Ohio hospitals came under the direction of the sisters - St. Joseph Health Center in Warren in 1924 and St. Elizabeth in Boardman. By 2011, Humility of Mary Health Partners was formed to oversee the administration and management of St. Elizabeth Hospital and St. Joseph Health Center and several other area health-care services.[9] By 2014, the hospitals were run by Catholic Health Partners.[10]

Hospitals and healthcare facilities

Mercy Health (formerly Catholic Health Partners) serves these markets: Mercy Health in Cincinnati, Ohio; Mercy in Toledo, Ohio; Mercy in Lorain, Ohio; Humility of Mary Health Partners in Youngstown, Ohio; and St. Rita's Health Partners in Lima, Ohio; Community Mercy Health Partners in Springfield, Ohio; and Mercy Health Partners Healthspan formerly Kaiser Permanente Northeast Ohio - Kentucky in Paducah, Kentucky.[4]


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References
  1. Smith, Carrie Blackmore (July 24, 2014). "Ohio's largest health firm unifies under Mercy name". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  2. "Say goodbye to the name Catholic Health Partners". Biz Journals. July 24, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. Bernard-Kuhn, Lisa (July 24, 2014). "Catholic Health Partners, Ohio's largest health system, changing its name to Mercy Health". WCPO-TV. E. W. Scripps Company. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  4. "Mercy Health". Catholic Health Partners. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  5. Poturalski, Hannah. "Catholic Health Partners changes name to Mercy Health", Akron Beacon Journal, July 25, 2014
  6. "Mercy Health". Catholic Health Partners. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  7. "Covenant Health".
  8. "Humility of Mary Sisters", Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western University
  9. Humility of Mary Health Partners
  10. Zlatos, Bill. "Sisters of the Humility of Mary in Lawrence County celebrate 150th anniversary", Tribune-Review, July 20, 2014
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