Our MercyOne Dubuque Iowa Story
Our MercyOne Eastern Iowa story
With a history dating back more than 130 years, MercyOne Eastern Iowa includes medical centrers in Dubuque, Elkader, Dyersville and Clinton. Our facility in Clinton has branches in DeWit, Fulton and Morrison specializing in family medicine and Savanna Home Health & Hospice Care based in Illinois.
Our MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center offer care to MercyOne Dyersville Senior Care and the Ellen Kennedy Living Center, an affordable retirement community for older adults aged 55 and older who want the benefits and security of living in a home-like environment.
In 1879, Sisters of Mercy opened St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Dubuque at the request of Bishop John Hennessy. This original hospital was in a rented house near Third and Bluff Streets.
Through these past 130 years, MercyOne Eastern Iowa has grown through expansions, acquisitions and consolidations to help provide exceptional, personalized care to our communities
In 2004 MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center achieved MagnetTM designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
In July 2019, MercyOne Clinton Medical Center and Medical Associates of Clinton joined forces to expand care, improving access and creating an even higher level of care coordination to benefit patients and communities throughout the region.
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