Company Profile
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Company Overview
“Because it’s the right thing to do.” You hear that phrase a lot at Mary Greeley Medical Center. It describes the philosophy that guides our delivery of high quality, cost effective patient care. Mary Greeley is a 220-bed regional hospital that provides healthcare to the residents of a 13-county area in central Iowa. The counties include Story, Boone, Marshall, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Sac, Calhoun, Wright, Carroll, Tama, Dallas and Polk. We are “doing what’s right” for our patients in many ways, including:
•Inpatient and outpatient services that support a continuum of care for our patients, including surgery, cancer care, cardiac care, diabetes and nutrition care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, gastroenterology, mental health services, palliative care, home health care, hospice care, rehabilitation and more.
•A medical staff of more than 190 professionals who have expertise in 50 specialties and sub-specialties.
•A medical center staff that includes more than 1,300 nurses, patient care technicians, therapists and other clinical and non-clinical positions.
•A comfortable and convenient healing environment, which includes spacious patient rooms in a newly constructed six-story tower, and large labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum(LDRP) rooms in our Birthways obstetrics unit.
•Advanced technology, including a high-end True Beam linear accelerator, da Vinci surgical robot, an advanced MRI machine and more.
•State and national recognition for the quality of care, including consistent “A” ratings in patient safety.
•Amenities that contribute to the overall patient and visitor experience, including a full-service cafeteria, valet parking, a Gift Shop, Burgie's Coffee Shop, art exhibits, and a beautiful rooftop garden on the 5th floor of our new west patient tower.
•Partnerships with all the major physician clinics in the area, including McFarland Clinic PC, a multi-specialty clinic; Doran Clinic for Women, which provides gynecology and obstetrics services; the Iowa Heart Center, the largest heart specialty clinic in Iowa; Primary Health Care, which provides services for people who may be uninsured or underinsured; and Wolfe Eye Clinic, which specializes in eye care.
Company History
Mary Greeley Medical Center, which opened in 1916, was a gift to Ames from Captain Wallace Greeley, an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War who went on to become a prominent banker, businessman and mayor of Ames during the 19th and early 20th centuries. His beloved wife, Mary, died in 1914, leading her grieving husband to build the hospital and give it to the community.
At the hospital’s dedication on September 24, 1916, which was attended by more than 2,000 people, Captain Greeley eulogized his wife by saying, "It affords me great pleasure, more than words can express, that I contribute something towards the welfare of not only those now in need, but also for those who will be here long after we have passed away."
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Mary Greeley Medical Center has been recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.
The 2015 Iowa Healthcare Collaborative announced their Patient Safety Award winners and Mary Greeley Medical Center won in the category of Safety/Safety Across the Board for staffing pharmacists on the Oncology unit.
For the seventh consecutive time, Mary Greeley Medical Center has received an “A” grade for patient safety from the Leapfrog Group.
Leapfrog has issued its Hospital Safety Score report twice a year since 2012. Mary Greeley has received ‘A’ grades in all seven reports. In this latest grading period, LeapFrog graded 31 Iowa hospitals. Only eight received an ‘A.’ The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the guidance of leading experts on patient safety and is the only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the Journal of Patient Safety.
Mary Greeley earned “Most Wired” status in the 17th annual HealthCare’s Most Wired Survey, conducted by the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Mary Greeley is one of only eight Iowa hospitals named to this year’s list. The hospital also was named a Most Wired hospital in 2014.
Mary Greeley was recently named a Top Workplace by the Des Moines Register for the 3rd year in a row and ranked among the top 10 in the large employer category.
Benefits
Mary Greeley Medical Center offers PTO (Paid Time Off) for vacation, holidays and sick time. In addition to Long Term Disability, we also offer Short Term Disability. Retirement Plan includes a pension through the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) as well as an optional deferrerd compensation plan, 457(b).