Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines - Features

The Mission of Catholic Health Initiatives is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church by bringing it new life, energy and viability in the 21st century. Fidelity to the Gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we move toward the creation of healthier communities. Core Values
• Reverence
• Integrity
• Compassion
• Excellence

Mercy Medical Center is strongly committed to diversity at all levels of the Mercy organization and in our community. Our mission, values and traditions firmly embrace inclusion, acceptance and compassion. Mercy is actively participating and responding to the unique and diverse needs of its patients, families, visitors, students and employees.

Awards, accreditations and honors

Higher Education and Research
As Des Moines' oldest hospital, Mercy Medical Center has a long tradition of providing educational training for resident physicians, interns, nurses and other health care professionals. Mercy offers certified health care education programs through Mercy College of Health Science and the School of Laboratory Science. In addition, residency programs are offered in pharmacy, family medicine and surgery.

Mercy Medical Center also offers research opportunities for our students, physicians and the public. Students and physicians have opportunities to work within their areas of expertise. They can also participate in the Iowa Center for Translational and Clinical Research (ICTCR)—of which Mercy is a founding partner. Members of the public are invited to participate in studies offered through the Mercy Medical Center Institutional Review Board (IRB), which oversees research at Mercy.

Interpretation Services
As part of its commitment to ensuring that all patients have access to quality health care, Mercy provides free interpretation services to any patient or employee upon request.

For more information, please call (515) 247-8255 or (515) 643-7446 TTY.

Maps, Directions & Parking
For driving directions, parking information and maps of Mercy Medical Center—Des Moines, call the Mercy Information Desk at (515) 643-4160 or click here: /about_mercy/maps_direc

Mercy provides a full range of health care services at its Central Campus, Mercy West Lakes, Mercy Franklin Center, four Urgent Care clinics, four Quick Care clinics and 40 primary and specialty care clinics throughout the Des Moines-metro area.

Areas of excellence include heart and heart surgical care, cancer services, birthing and pediatrics, emergency and trauma services, medical imaging, surgery, women's health services, critical care, neurology, orthopaedics, behavioral medicine and a wide array of specialty and outpatient services.

Volunteer Opportunities
At Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines, a special group of people generously give of their time and talents every day to help fulfill our mission to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve. These dedicated individuals are Mercy's volunteers.

A wide variety of volunteer opportunities are available – and you don't have to have special skills or experience to help. If you live in the greater Des Moines area and would like to participate in a rewarding and fulfilling experience, please consider becoming a volunteer at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines or one of its affiliates.


For more information, please call (515) 247-3246.

Mercy Foundation — Inspiring Excellence
Your Support is Vital

Mercy Foundation is an extension of the healing ministry of Christ inspired by the Sisters of Mercy. Through this heritage, we connect donors to critical needs. Our purpose is to secure vital funding that ensures equal access, clinical excellence and high quality care for all.

By supporting Mercy Foundation you are providing vital support necessary to meet the needs of Iowans from birth to end of life.

Community Resources & Housing
Since the Sisters of Mercy founded Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines in 1893, the primary goal of our organization has been to improve the health and well-being of the people who live in the communities we serve.

Community outreach programs include:
• Senior Services : Mercy offers a complete array of senior health care and housing services throughout the Des Moines metro area.
• Home Respiratory Care and Medical Supply : Mercy Home Respiratory Care and Medical Supply provides the latest in medical equipment and supplies for your home.
• Mercy Hospice : Mercy Hospice offers comfort dignity and quality care to individuals and families facing life-limiting illnesses. The focus of hospice care is not to cure disease, but rather to keep pain and other symptoms under control.
• House of Mercy : House of Mercy is Iowa's largest single provider of transitional housing for women who are in substance abuse recovery programs, homeless or both. The program is unique in that it serves those who are single, pregnant or parenting and enables children to stay with their mothers while they are undergoing treatment.
• Workforce Health Initiative : Through the Workforce Health Initiative, Mercy partners with local businesses to provide employees with health care information and screenings that help improve their well-being and control health care costs.
• Wellness Center : Knowing that physical fitness is essential to good health Mercy is proud to offer employees, their family members and community members access to its on-site Wellness Center – a full-service health and fitness facility.
• Medical Fitness : Mercy Rehabilitation Services offers medically-based wellness classes. Group or individual sessions offer a choice of involvement in a comfortable and supportive environment.
• Jordan Creek "Find Your Center" : Jordan Creek Town Center and Mercy Medical Center partner to present the Find Your Center program, an overall get-healthy initiative that includes a Mall Walkers program and a unique club geared just for women called Celebrate You.