Saint Alphonsus Health System

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Saint Alphonsus Health System Announces Hospital Name Changes for Mercy Medical Center, Holy Rosary Medical Center, St. Elizabeth Health Services
Changes reflect emphasis on Health System unity, building community-based, patient-centered integrated health delivery system across the region

BOISE, Idaho (September 13, 2010)—Saint Alphonsus Health System announced today that Mercy Medical Center, Nampa, Idaho; Holy Rosary Medical Center, Ontario, Oregon; and St. Elizabeth Health Services, Baker City, Oregon will undergo a name change on Wednesday, September 15, to unify the new four-hospital Health System and strengthen awareness of System health services across the region. Saint Alphonsus Health System also includes Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise. The Health System was formed April 1, 2010.

Mercy Medical Center will become Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa; Mercy North will become Saint Alphonsus Nampa Health Plaza; Holy Rosary Medical Center will become Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario; St. Elizabeth Health Services will become Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City. Primary care and specialty physicians affiliated with each hospital will change practice names to unify physicians and providers within Saint Alphonsus Medical Group.

Sally Jeffcoat, Saint Alphonsus Health System President & CEO, said, "While the names of these three hospitals will change to unify and strengthen recognition of our new Health System, we will continue to honor the heritage, history, and the Sisters who founded each hospital in a variety of ways."
Since April 1, the four System hospitals and Saint Alphonsus Medical Group have been involved in integration activities to create an efficient, integrated health care delivery system in fulfillment of our Mission to deliver high quality, coordinated, patient centered care that strives to improve the health of people in each community and keep health care services strong locally.

Jeffcoat said, "Our Vision for Saint Alphonsus Health System is grounded in our community-based Mission to improve the health of our communities by providing citizens with a cohesive and interlocking network of care giving and health promotion that spans from birth through the end of life. We will provide local services unlike any other provider, with local investments in physicians, people, technology, clinic facilities, hospitals, and clinical programs. Saint Alphonsus Health System has invested in and will continue to invest in hospitals and ambulatory services that are right for each local community, with the goal of keeping patients and families in their own community to receive health care. System coordination, and implementing an Electronic Health Record, will provide an expansion of accessible health services and continuous improvements in quality of care and patient safety."

Saint Alphonsus Health System will invest in excess of $40 million in the next five years to advance health care services in Baker City, Ontario, and Nampa.

Jeffcoat added, "Because of our special skill in treating the most critically ill and critically injured people, Saint Alphonsus Health System will be known and respected throughout our region for seamlessly delivering care of the highest quality standards. We will be attentive to the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – no matter where you enter our System or what your health problem."

About Saint Alphonsus Health System
Saint Alphonsus Health System is a four-hospital, 714-bed regional, faith-based Catholic ministry with over 4,300 Associates and 950 medical staff. Serving the people of southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada, Saint Alphonsus Health System is comprised of Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa, ID; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario, OR; Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City, OR; Saint Alphonsus Medical Group, with over 200 primary care and specialty care providers at 35 clinic locations.  As a not-for-profit health system, Saint Alphonsus Health System reinvests profits back into the community and works to improve the health and well-being of those we serve by emphasizing care that is patient-centered, innovative and community-based. Saint Alphonsus Health System is a member of Trinity Health, Novi, Michigan. To find out more go to: www.saintalphonsushealthsystem.org

About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is the fourth-largest Catholic health care system in the country. Based in Novi, Mich., Trinity Health operates 47 acute-care hospitals, 379 outpatient facilities, 33 long-term care facilities, and numerous home health offices and hospice programs in nine states. Employing more than 47,000 full-time staff, Trinity Health reported $7.0 billion in unrestricted revenue in fiscal year 2009. As a not-for-profit health system, Trinity Health reinvests its profits back into the community through programs to serve the poor and uninsured, manage chronic conditions like diabetes, health education and promotion initiatives, and outreach for the elderly. In fiscal 2009, this included nearly $400 million in such community benefits. For more information about Trinity Health, visit www.trinity-health.org.