*MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center- Cherokee

ABOUT THE FACILITY

MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center is part of MercyOne Health Network, an integrated system of member hospitals in Iowa and other health and patient care facilities united into one operating organization to improve the delivery of healthcare services to the people of Iowa and surrounding communities.

MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center is a 238-bed regional center that provides residents in a 33-county tri-state region in western Iowa, eastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota an entire continuum of preventive, primary, acute and tertiary healthcare services. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center is home to the only Level II trauma center in western Iowa - one of only four trauma care facilities in the state to receive verification from the American College of Surgeons - and MercyOne AIR MED, a regional helicopter ambulance service.

MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center has earned more national recognitions for quality patient outcomes than any other hospital in the region, including multiple honors for leadership and excellence in clinical areas such as cardiac care, orthopedic services, vascular surgery, stroke care and cancer care.

In addition to the main hospital in Sioux City, we also operate rural hospitals in Hawarden and Primghar, Iowa, and Oakland and Pender, Nebraska, as well as a primary care clinic network, specialty care clinics and home health services. We partner with other community health providers to sponsor a regional cancer center, paramedic services, a free-standing surgery center, hospice services, and a variety of other health services.

MercyOne Siouxland is a partner with Dunes Surgical Hospital, a multi-specialty surgical hospital, in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. MercyOne Siouxland owns MercyOne Primghar Medical Center in Primghar, Iowa, and MercyOne Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, Neb.  Managed hospitals include Hawarden Regional Healthcare in Hawarden, Iowa, and Pender Community Hospital in Pender, Neb.

For more information on Mercy Medical Center – Sioux City, visit our website https://www.mercyone.org/.

MercyOne provides personalized health care to communities throughout Iowa and the surrounding states. System-wide, MercyOne proudly offers 40+ hospitals and 230+ clinics and employs 20,000+ health-focused team members who are committed to the communities we serve.

Living the traditions, visions and values of the Sisters of Mercy, MercyOne Siouxland today is a part of Trinity Health of Livonia, Mich., the second-largest Catholic healthcare system in the United States.

COMMUNITY DESCIPTION

Cherokee, Iowa is a progressive city located in the beautiful Little Sioux River Valley in northwest Iowa. The county seat of Cherokee County, Cherokee is located at the junction of U. S. Hwy. 59 and State Hwy. 3, about 60 miles northeast of Sioux City and 60 miles southwest of the Iowa Great Lakes region.

Cherokee is home to a wide variety of business and industry and boast a beautiful downtown area with numerous retail shops and services. There is a beautiful park system with full hook-up camping sites, a nine-hole, challenging golf course, a new aquatic center, and a three-screen movie theatre for your enjoyment. Cherokee has an excellent school system and is home to a satellite campus of Western Iowa Tech Community College.

Cultural, musical and artistic events are prevalent in Cherokee. Check out a performance of the Cherokee Symphony or a Cherokee Community Theatre production, you will not be disappointed! Musicians frequently perform downtown at The Gathering Place, Cherokee's premier performance studio. Cherokee is also the home of the Jazz & Blues Festival, occurring over a weekend in January.

Sioux City, Iowa, is a family friendly community of approximately 120,000 residents located in the center of America’s heartland, at the junction of the States of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Sioux City is a vibrant, mid-sized city, with an unmatched low cost of living and is an excellent place to raise a family. Sioux City is known for its excellent school system with a graduation rate between 95% and 100% and very high ACT scores. Higher education is further marked with two 4-year universities in the area and a nationally recognized university and medical school within 30 minutes. The area has countless outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, boating, tennis, aquatic center and swimming pools, 56 public parks, 11 golf courses including an Arnold Palmer designed golf course and country club, soccer and baseball fields. Sioux City is just one hour away from larger cities such as Omaha, Nebraska, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

For more information on Sioux City, Iowa, please visit https://www.sioux-city.org .