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Catholic Health System
Buffalo, NY

Located in Buffalo, NY, the Catholic Health System (CHS) provides health care across a network of four hospitals, eleven primary care centers, nine diagnostic and treatment centers, a free standing surgery center, thirteen long term care facilities, adult homes, home care agencies, counseling services, social service and behavioral health programs.

The Catholic Health System's 8,000 employees and 1,200 physicians are part of a healing ministry well known for personal and compassionate care, and known for excellence in such areas as women's services, cancer services, cardiology, and rehabilitative services. The Catholic Health System is one of the largest provider of cardiology services, and the leading provider of maternity services and care to the elderly in Western New York.

In 2002 the Catholic Health System will offer advanced cardiac interventional services including open heart surgery with the opening of The Heart Center at Mercy Hospital.

Catholic Health System is a part of Catholic Health East through a joint operating agreement. Its sponsoring congregations include Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Buffalo; Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamburg, NY; Diocese of Buffalo, and Ascension Health.

Catholic Health System Online Resources


St. James Mercy Health System
Hornell, NY

Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Rochester, St. James Mercy Health System is made up of St. James Mercy Hospital, long term care facility McAuley Manor at Mercycare, Child/Infant Daycare at DeSales Hall and several primary care clinics. The system offers a diverse range of services and programs, with 225 beds which includes 120 beds at McAuley Manor, to the greater Hornell area and beyond.

St. James Mercy Hospital provides medical and surgical inpatient services, as well as ICU/CCU, pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency room and diagnostic services. St. James Mercy opened a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in 2001. Other services include adult and adolescent psychiatric care units and a substance abuse treatment center (MATCH). McAuley Manor also offers dialysis and ventilator capabilities.

St. James Mercy Health System remains committed to the mission on which it was founded, "to respond with innovation and excellence in meeting the diverse health needs of the rural community which it serves, with special concern for the poor, underserved and disadvantaged."

St. James Mercy Health System Online Resources


St. Peter's Health Care Services
Albany, NY

Founded by the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 1869, St. Peter's Health Care Services in Albany, NY, provides a comprehensive, integrated continuum of highest quality care to New York's Capital Region. Its major components include: St. Peter's Hospital (a 442-bed acute care facility); two skilled nursing facilities (Our Lady of Mercy Life Center and Villa Mary Immaculate); comprehensive chemical dependence treatment (St. Peter's Addiction Recovery Center); and The Community Hospice. The organization provides some two dozen specialized inpatient, outpatient, residential and laboratory services at a variety of sites throughout the region. St. Peter's also sponsors Mercy Cares for Kids, a nationally accredited day care program. St. Peter's Auxiliary provides extensive volunteer services that amplify the organization's resources; St. Peter's Hospital Foundation helps to secure additional resources to advance St. Peter's mission. In recent years, an independent national evaluation agency has designated St. Peter's a Top 100 Hospital, Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital and Top 100 Stroke Hospital.

St. Peter's Health Care Online Resources

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