Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines was named a Consumer Choice Award winner by National Research Corp. for an 18th consecutive year. The award identifies hospitals across the United States that health care consumers choose as having the highest quality and image. Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in NRC’s Market Insights survey, the largest online consumer health care survey in the country. Three other Iowa hospitals — UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s in Cedar Rapids, UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City — also received the award. See a list of winners