Mercy (healthcare organization)

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Mercy

A Mercy location in Troy, Missouri, 2024
Industry	Healthcare
Founded	1871
Founder	Religious Sisters of Mercy
Headquarters	14528 S. Outer Forty Rd., Chesterfield, Missouri, United States
Area served	Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi
Number of employees	40,000
Website	mercy.net

Mercy is an American nonprofit Catholic healthcare organization founded in 1871 by the Sisters of Mercy.^[1] It is located in the Midwestern United States with headquarters within Greater St. Louis in the west St. Louis County, Missouri suburb of Chesterfield. Mercy is the seventh largest Catholic health care system in the United States.^[2]

Mercy has more than 40 acute care and specialty hospitals. It employs more than 40,000 workers and more than 2,400 physicians.^[2]

Mercy operates in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas, and has ministry outreach programs in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Mercy's largest hospital complexes are in Greater St. Louis, Springfield, Missouri, Joplin, Missouri, Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas and Oklahoma City.^[1]

Steve Mackin is the current CEO of Mercy as of April 1, 2022.^[3] Lynn Britton served as the president and CEO of Mercy since January 2009.^[4]

• Official website