On New hospital planned in Janesville
Posted on April 21 at 9:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The quality at Mercy is very suspect. Very interesting that they refused to release their patient ratings when every other hospital did. I suspect that they were so abysmal that they could not dare let them become public the same week they receive the Balderdash Award. By the way, that award is for running a business system and has nothing to do with quality of care; and for what it's worth, St. Mary's won it years ago, the very first year it was given to health care organizations.
On New hospital planned in Janesville
Posted on April 12 at 10:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Javon does spend the majority of his time in Minnesota. Ask any patient, nurse or doctor at Mercy if they've ever seen him in a patient care area.
On Some say new hospital will bring pain, not relief
Posted on April 12 at 10:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Riverview clinic has been in Janesville since the early 1900's, first as the Pember-Nuzum Clinic and now as part of Dean. The docs there really are members of the community and as such will make sure it's a success. All of this is being done for the benefit of Janesville and its people. It's a win-win situation.
On New hospital planned in Janesville
Posted on April 12 at 9:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
For those who think a new hospital in Janesville is going to increase medical costs, you should know that Mercy's charges are 25% higher than any other hospital in Rock County. They can do this because there hasn't been any competition or choice for patients (and their insurance companies) and they need to pay for their "empire" on the backs of he people of Janesville. A knee replacement at Mercy costs $42,000; that exact same operation at St. Mary's is $18,000. I think that demonstrates what a new hospital will be able to do for us. It will also force Mercy to pay more attention to quality of patient care and not to their advertising. None of the awards they have gotten have ever been for patient care. Lastly, Javon has to stop lying about how all the Mercy docs are "members" of the community. They have a urologist who lives in Lake Geneva, a heart surgeon who lives in Green Bay and a Neurosurgeon who lives in California. Half of the physicians who work in the ER are temporary docs for hire or untrained residents.
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On Mercy announces cuts
Posted on July 25 at 4:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Nurse4u - just wait a little while till they suddenly tell you that they aren't going to pay you what they promised and hope you'll stick around anyway. I work at Mercy and have seen it done before. If Mercy is so great to work at then why are they unable to hire MDs and staff where they are desparately needed (ER, OR and Primary Care). Many people are leaving as soon as they can. Not what one would expect from a "Baldridge Award" winner. Mercy has put money and expansion as their only priority and forgotten what is the only thing that should matter - patient care. Everything should be focused on that and that only; it hasn't been like that since Javon showed up. People who work for Javon are told to monitor and respond to these blogs, so take some of them for what they are - the Party Line according to Javon.