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===Healthcare=== Dubuque is the regional [[health care]] center of the Tri-State area. On March 15, 2012, the Commonwealth Fund released its first Scorecard on Local Health System Performance; it ranked Dubuque second in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/documents/___media_files_publications_fund_report_2012_mar_local_scorecard_1578_commission_rising_to_challenge_local_scorecard_2012_finalv2.pdf|title=Rising to the Challenge: Results from a Scorecard on Local Health System Performance, 2012|last1=Radley|first1=David C.|last2=How|first2=Sabrina K. H.|date=March 14, 2012|publisher=The Commonwealth Fund|page=14|access-date=January 22, 2019|last3=Fryer|first3=Ashley-Kay|last4=McCarthy|first4=Douglas|last5=Schoe|first5=Cathy}}</ref> The city is home to two major [[hospitals]] that, together, have 421 beds. [[Mercy Medical Center - Dubuque]] is the largest hospital in the city with 263 beds.<ref>{{cite web|title = Mercy Medical Center β Dubuque: Licensed beds|access-date = January 9, 2007|url = http://www.mercydubuque.com/about/licensedbeds.shtml|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061025203754/http://www.mercydubuque.com/about/licensedbeds.shtml|archive-date = October 25, 2006|url-status = dead}}</ref> Mercy specializes in various [[cardiac]]-related treatments, among other things, and is affiliated with Trinity Health, one of the largest [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] health delivery system in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trinity-health.org/about-us|title=About Us - Trinity Health|website=Trinity Health|access-date=January 22, 2019}}</ref> Dubuque's other hospital is [[Finley Hospital|The Finley Hospital]], which is a member of [[UnityPoint Health]]'s network of hospitals. Finley is [[JCAHO]] accredited, and has 126 beds.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Finley Hospital: Licensed beds |access-date = January 9, 2007|url = http://www.finleyhospital.org/body.cfm?id=402 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061016232738/http://www.finleyhospital.org/body.cfm?id=402 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = October 16, 2006}}</ref> Finley includes the Wendt Regional Cancer Center.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Finley Hospital: Oncology Department|website=Finleyhospital.org |access-date = January 9, 2007|url = http://www.finleyhospital.org/body.cfm?id=39}}</ref> Among other healthcare facilities, the city is home to two major outpatient clinics. [[Medical Associates|Medical Associates Clinic]] is the oldest multi-specialty group practice clinic in Iowa, and currently operates two outpatient [[clinics]] in Dubuque, its "East" and "West" campuses. It is affiliated with Mercy Medical Center β Dubuque, and also operates its own [[HMO]], Medical Associates Health Plans.<ref>{{cite web|title = Medical Associates Clinic: Information|website = Mahealthcare.com|access-date = January 9, 2007|url = http://www.mahealthcare.com/insurance-services/|archive-date = November 8, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131108141017/http://www.mahealthcare.com/insurance-services/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Affiliated with the Finley Hospital is Dubuque Internal Medicine, which {{as of|2007|lc=on}} was Iowa's largest [[internal medicine]] group practice clinic.<ref>{{cite web|title = Dubuque Internal Medicine: Information|access-date = January 9, 2007|url = http://www.dubuqueinternalmed.com/index.phtml|website = Dubuqueinternalmed.com|archive-date = January 11, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070111022807/http://www.dubuqueinternalmed.com/index.phtml|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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