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Mercy-Cedar Rapids is on the forefront of providing patients, staff and visitors with fresh, local food. Mercy works with a number of eastern Iowa farmers who have provided the hospital with more than 205,000 pounds of fresh produce, meat and yogurt over the past four years. In this video, you’ll meet the Johnson family of Buffalo Ridge…read more

Mercy-Cedar Rapids is a leader in quality measures, with specific and measurable processes in place to provide the very best patient care. In this video, a Cedar Rapids-area woman credits her primary care provider with sending her a potentially life-saving reminder.

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids recently celebrated the 27th anniversary of the Especially for You Race Against Breast Cancer.  The race is one of the largest in Iowa and typically draws about 15,000 registrants. Money raised at the race supports the Especially for You fund, which provides screenings and other breast care services to those…read more