Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas Receives $250,000 Gift from Microsoft
Microsoft's Gift is the Third Match in the Lee and Linda Scott Challenge
Rogers, AR (October 11, 2007) - Mercy Health
System of Northwest Arkansas is excited to announce that it has received
a $250,000 gift from Microsoft toward its capital campaign to help
transform healthcare.
Microsoft's gift is part of the Lee and Linda Scott Challenge. When the
Scotts pledged $1 million toward Mercy's $40 Million Capital Campaign in
2004, they challenged Mercy to raise an additional $1 million. After four
donors accept their challenge with a gift of at least $250,000, Lee and
Linda Scott will match these four pledges with an additional $250,000.
Microsoft's gift to Mercy's capital campaign represents the third gift
taking part in the Lee and Linda Scott Challenge, joining Cisco Systems
and Philips Electronics.
"Microsoft has led us into the home stretch of meeting the challenge set
by Lee and Linda Scott," said Susan Barrett, President of Mercy Health
System of Northwest Arkansas. "We are extremely grateful to Microsoft for
helping us transform the way we provide healthcare."
The new Mercy medical campus represents an extraordinary effort to
transform the way healthcare institutions function. On one hand, it
involves core issues such as patient safety and workplace simplification
as well as the application of information technology to fundamental
processes such as medication management and supply chain management; on
the other, it entails replacing a 50-year old building with a new facility
that will enable Mercy to continue its mission.
"Microsoft believes information technology will play a critical role in
transforming healthcare and we support Mercy Health System's mission to
improve medical care in Arkansas through advanced information systems
that address patient safety, medical information management, and other
healthcare challenges," said Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
"We are also honored to participate in the Lee and Linda Scott Challenge
through this donation and we applaud their commitment to Mercy Health System
and the community."
With Microsoft's gift, the capital campaign has just under $9 million to
raise in order to reach its goal of $40 million.
About Mercy
Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas, a not-for-profit faith-based
health system, provides healthcare services to residents in northwest
Arkansas and southwest Missouri. The System includes St. Mary's Hospital,
St. Mary's Hospital Foundation, The Gardens at Osage Terrace Assisted
Living Facility and Mercy Medical Clinics in 22 locations throughout
northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri. Mercy is currently constructing
a state-of-the-art medical campus just east of Interstate 540 off of New
Hope Road in southwest Rogers. When completed in January 2008, the campus
will include a 350,000-square-foot medical center with 200 beds and a
physician office building to accommodate 90 physicians.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business
computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services
designed to empower people through great software?any time, any place
and on any device. For more information, please visit us at
www.microsoft.com
. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. in the
United States and/or other countries.
