Company Updates

CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 22, 2018 - The Sisters of Charity Health System has announced the permanent placement of Paul C. Hiltz, FACHE, as president & CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH. Hiltz has served in this role in an interim capacity.

Mercy Cancer Center received the 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Mercy is one of a select group of only 32 U.S. health care facilities with accredited cancer programs to receive this national honor for surveys performed last year.

Mercy Medical Center recently hosted its annual appreciation dinner for local emergency medical squads (EMS). More than 300 were in attendance for the event. The guest speaker was Scott Russell, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P, of the Lakewood Fire Department. Scott, who also serves as a flight nurse specialist for MetroHealth Life Flights, addressed the crowd with a [...]Read More...

Mercy Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology's NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2018. Mercy is one of only 203 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes Mercy Heart Center's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care, which includes taking the patient directly into the cardiac cath [...]Read More...

Estate Gift from Well-known Mercy Pathologist Designated for Hospital's Area of Greatest Need Mercy Development Foundation recently held a blessing and dedication ceremony of the Huseyin "Sam" Sarikaya, MD, Memorial Laboratory at Mercy Medical Center, part of a donor recognition event for the family and friends of Dr. Sam Sarikaya, a well-known pathologist at [...]Read More...

Natalie Mizer, National Honor Society (NHS) member and 2018 graduate of Lake High School, recently met with staff from Mercy Development Foundation and Mercy Medical Center to donate $873 to maternity services for use where most needed. With the continued support of Lake's baseball team, Natalie helped expand an NHS fundraiser started last year by [...]Read More...

During National Nurses Week (May 6-12), Mercy Medical Center announces its 2018 Clinical Excellence Award winners: Belinda Cipriano, Stacy Eberhart, Jillian Krebs, Lisa Pierce, and Laurie Yeagley. National Nurses Week recognizes the important role nurses play in health care. As part of the annual celebration, Mercy honors nurses who have been selected for exceptional clinical [...]Read More...

In 2018, Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, became the first and only hospital in Stark County to use Xenex's Germ-zapping Robots, which emit a cutting-edge form of germicidal UVC rays. These rays destroy even the most dangerous pathogens, including C. diff, ebola, MRSA, and others.