Mercy Health Partners Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Solucient

Muskegon, MI – April 10, 2007: Mercy Health Partners, a member of Trinity Health and a Solucient Top-100 hospital on the lakeshore has been named one of the "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" in West Michigan by the National Association of Business Resources. This is the first time that Mercy has achieved this award.

Winners of the "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" awards are companies that work with imagination and conviction to create organizational value and business results through their policies and best practices in human resource management. This distinction is given to honor a company's recognition of their associates as their greatest asset.

"We are deeply committed to ensuring the very best healthcare is available in our community and that means having a workforce that is highly engaged and committed to this vision," said Roger Spoelman, President and CEO. "This award confirms that we offer the kind of workplace environment in which our physicians and associates, the best and the brightest, can thrive. Both patients and the community benefit when everyone at Mercy cares about providing the very best care for our patients."

Organizations who achieve the 101 Best and Brightest award have; a commitment to improving the local community and have encouraged associate involvement, competitive salary and benefits, openness to diversity and tolerance, a high level of employee engagement in their work and to the organization, regular recognition and rewards for achievement and outstanding performance, and recognition of employees’ needs to balance work and family life.

Mercy has adopted many initiatives aimed at improving associate satisfaction including; Bright Ideas, Leadership Development for all managers, diversity awareness initiatives, Reach for the Stars, tuition assistance, and more. Mercy associates also participate in a Gallup Employee Engagement Survey annually to evaluate the overall level of employee engagement based on Gallup’s Q12 questionnaire. Mercy ’s Gallup survey will be April 10-24, 2007.

“We have worked very hard to become an employer of choice in the Muskegon area over the past several years,” says Greg Loomis, Chief Operating Officer. “We are careful to listen to our associates because we care how they feel about their work. They are our greatest assets. As one of only three companies on the lakeshore who have received this honor, we are grateful to all our associates who have made Mercy a great place to work in West Michigan.”

Mercy will receive the award at a special event at the Pinnacle Center in Hudsonville on May 3. To learn more about the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For award, go to www.101bestandbrightest.com or www.MHP.com.

Mercy is the specialty referral hospital along the lakeshore. Mercy ’s services include heart and vascular, emergency services, cancer care, orthopedic and spine surgery, urology, bariatric services, a primary care network, nephrology, ENT, laboratory, palliative care and rehabilitation. Mercy specializes in a variety of areas through specialized institutes and centers where physicians and staff work collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients. Some of these centers include the Heart and Vascular Institute, the Centers for Women’s Health, the Center for Weight Management, the Imaging Center of Excellence and a state of the art Emergency Center.