St. John's
Mercy Medical Center serves as the community hospital for
a varied case mix and offers modern technology and units
staffed for subspecialty care. The Medical Center also provides
college-affiliated clinical experience for allied-health
professionals, including seven schools of nursing, medical
(laboratory) technology, nuclear medicine technology, paramedics,
radiologic technology, respiratory therapy and dietetics.
Sponsored
by the Sisters
of Mercy Health System, St. John's
Mercy Medical Center is one of the nation's largest Catholic
Hospitals, the second-largest private hospital in metropolitan
St. Louis, and one of 440 teaching hospitals belonging to
the Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH) of the Association
of American Medical Colleges.