Founded by the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 1869 as St. Peter's Hospital, St. Peter's Health Care Services today provides New York's Capital Region with a comprehensive, integrated continuum of care. Patients in every area of the St. Peter's continuum of care discover a more personal kind of care, given by professionals who keenly comprehend the medical importance of individual attention. The level of technological sophistication in diagnosis and treatment at St. Peter's is equally high, with equipment, technicians and physicians as advanced as any in the region.