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{{About|Children's Mercy Hospital|other similarly named hospitals|Children's Hospital (disambiguation){{!}}Children's Hospital}}
{{About|Children's Mercy Kansas City|other similarly named hospitals|Children's Hospital (disambiguation){{!}}Children's Hospital}}


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{{Infobox hospital
{{Infobox hospital
| name = Children's Mercy Hospital
| name = Children's Mercy Kansas City
| org/group =
| org/group =
| image = Children's Mercy Hospital Adele Hall Campus, Kansas City, Mo., 2014.jpg
| image = Children's Mercy Hospital Adele Hall Campus, Kansas City, Mo., 2014.jpg
| caption = Adele Hall Campus
| caption = Adele Hall Campus
| logo = Children's Mercy Hospital logo.svg
| logo = Children's Mercy Hospital logo.svg
| location = 2401 Gillham Road, [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]
| location = 2401 Gillham Road, [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]
| beds = 390
| helipad = Yes (two at Adele Hall Campus and one at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas)
| helipad = Yes (two at Adele Hall Campus and one at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas)
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| state = Missouri
| map_type = Missouri
| state = Missouri
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| map_type = Missouri
| coordinates = {{coord|39.085|-94.580|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|39.085|-94.580|display=inline,title}}
| country = US
| country = US
| funding = Non-profit
| funding = Non-profit
| affiliation = [[University of Kansas Health System|KU Hospital]]/[[University of Kansas Medical Center|KU Medical Center]]<br>[[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine|UMKC]]
| affiliation = [[University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas]]<br/>[[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine|University of Missouri-Kansas City]]
| healthcare = Private
| healthcare = Private
| type = Specialized
| type = Specialized
| speciality = [[Pediatric]] [[Oncology]]
| speciality = [[Pediatric oncology]]
| emergency = Yes (Adele Hall Campus and Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas) <ref>[http://www.childrensmercy.org/Content/view.aspx?id=130 "Emergency and Urgent Care"], Retrieved on 6 November 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126140417/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Content/view.aspx?id=130 |date=November 26, 2011 }}</ref>
| emergency = Yes (Adele Hall Campus and Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas)<ref>[http://www.childrensmercy.org/Content/view.aspx?id=130 "Emergency and Urgent Care"], Retrieved on 6 November 2011. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126140417/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Content/view.aspx?id=130 |date=November 26, 2011 }}</ref>
| founded = 1897
| founded = 1897
| website = {{URL|www.childrensmercy.org}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.childrensmercy.org/}}
}}
}}


'''Children's Mercy Hospital''' is a 367-bed<ref>{{cite web|title=About Children's Mercy History |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/About_Childrens_Mercy/History/|website=childrensmercy.org|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120053101/http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/About_Childrens_Mercy/History/|archive-date=20 November 2015}}</ref> comprehensive [[pediatric]] medical center in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] that integrates clinical care, research and medical education to provide care for patients ages birth to 21. The hospital's primary service area covers a 150-county area in Missouri and Kansas. Children's Mercy has received national recognition from U.S. News & World Report in ten pediatric specialties.<ref name="USNewsRankings">{{cite web |url=http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/childrens-mercy-hospitals-and-clinics-6630340/rankings |title=Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |website=Health.USNews.com |accessdate=2014-10-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016110107/http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/childrens-mercy-hospitals-and-clinics-6630340/rankings |archive-date=2014-10-16 }}</ref> The hospital was the first in Missouri and Kansas to receive [[Magnet Recognition Program|Magnet Recognition]] for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and has been re-designated five times.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nurses |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Nurses/|website=childrensmercy.org/|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital |accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120043630/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Nurses/|archive-date=20 November 2015}}</ref>
'''Children's Mercy Kansas City''' is a 390-bed<ref>{{Cite web |title=Children's Mercy Facts |url=https://www.childrensmercy.org/about-us/childrens-mercy-facts/ |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=www.childrensmercy.org |language=en}}</ref> medical center in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] providing care for [[Pediatrics|pediatric]] patients. The hospital's primary service area covers a 150-county area in Missouri and [[Kansas]]. Children's Mercy received national recognition from ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in 11 pediatric specialties.<ref name="USNewsRankings">{{cite web |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/childrens-mercy-hospitals-and-clinics-6630340 |title=Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|accessdate=2022-09-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016110107/http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/childrens-mercy-hospitals-and-clinics-6630340/rankings |archive-date=2014-10-16 }}</ref> The hospital was the first in Missouri and Kansas to receive [[Magnet Recognition Program|Magnet Recognition]] for Excellence in Nursing Services from the [[American Nurses Credentialing Center]] and has been re-designated five times.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nurses |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Nurses/|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital |accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120043630/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Nurses/|archive-date=20 November 2015}}</ref>


Children's Mercy Hospital is the primary location for Children's Mercy Kansas City, a comprehensive pediatric health system with multiple locations in Missouri and Kansas. The not-for-profit hospital was founded in 1897 by two sisters, one a surgeon and the other a dentist, to provide care for poor and ill children. The hospital quickly grew and expanded services to all children in the region. According to the hospital's Community Benefit Report, in 2019, the hospital provided more than $64 million in uncompensated care, which includes charity care, unreimbursed Medicaid and other means-tested government programs, and subsidized health services.<ref>https://www.childrensmercy.org/in-the-community/community-benefit/</ref>
'''Children's Mercy Adele Hall Campus''' is the primary location for Children's Mercy Kansas City. The hospital was founded in 1897 by two sisters, a surgeon and a dentist. The hospital quickly grew and expanded its services to all children in the region. In fiscal year 2023, the hospital provided more than $155 million in uncompensated care, including charity care, unreimbursed [[Medicaid]] (and other means-tested government programs), and subsidized health services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.childrensmercy.org/in-the-community/community-benefit/|title=Community Benefit}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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[[File:Alice Berry Graham.jpg|thumb|upright|Alice Berry Graham]]
[[File:Alice Berry Graham.jpg|thumb|upright|Alice Berry Graham]]


Katharine and Alice Berry came to Kansas City from Wisconsin in 1893. They put each other through school; Katharine being the first to get her medical degree while Alice worked as a school teacher, and then Alice obtained her dentist degree—both male-only professions during the 19th century. The women were excluded from professional medical groups because of their gender, and their entrepreneurial spirit discouraged. But the two persevered and due to their widowed status, were permitted to control their own finances, which they poured into their medical work with children.<ref name="Berry">Women of Vision, Beatrice Johns, ImagineInk Publishing Company, Inc., 2004</ref>
Katharine and Alice Berry came to Kansas City from Wisconsin in 1893. They put each other through school; Katharine being the first to get her medical degree while Alice worked as a schoolteacher, and then obtained her dentist degree—both male-only professions during the 19th century. The women were excluded from professional medical groups because of their gender, and their entrepreneurial spirit was discouraged. But the two persevered and, due to their widowed status, they were permitted to control their own finances, which they poured into their medical work with children.<ref name="Berry">Women of Vision, Beatrice Johns, ImagineInk Publishing Company, Inc., 2004</ref>


Children's Mercy Hospital was founded in 1897 when Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, now a surgeon, and her sister Dr. Alice Berry Graham, a dentist, found a crippled, malnourished girl abandoned in the streets of [[Kansas City, Missouri]] and treated and cared for her at a rented bed in a hospital. Since no hospital in the city allowed a woman physician on the staff, the sisters continued treating patients by renting beds in a small hospital.<ref name="Berry1">"Alice Berry Graham (1850-1913) and Katherine Berry Richardson (1858-1933)." Women in Health Sciences. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. 2004. Web. 25 Aug. 2011</ref>
Children's Mercy Hospital was founded in 1897 when Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, now a surgeon, and her sister Dr. Alice Berry Graham, a dentist, found a crippled, malnourished girl abandoned in the streets of [[Kansas City, Missouri]] and treated and cared for her at a rented bed in a hospital. Since no hospital in the city allowed a female physician on the staff, the sisters continued treating patients by renting beds in a small hospital.<ref name="Berry1">"Alice Berry Graham (1850-1913) and Katherine Berry Richardson (1858-1933)". Women in Health Sciences. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. 2004. Web. 25 Aug. 2011</ref>


The bed soon became known as the "Mercy Bed," and the need for health care for children continued to grow. The sisters formed the Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled Deformed and Ruptured Children and in 1901 adopted the Mercy name; changing it to The Children's Mercy Hospital in 1919.<ref>{{cite book |title=For All Children Everywhere |date=2017 |publisher=Chandler Lake Books |pages=25–29}}</ref>
The beds soon became known as the "Mercy Bed". The sisters formed the Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled, Deformed, and Ruptured Children and in 1901, changing it to The Children's Mercy Hospital in 1919.<ref>{{cite book |title=For All Children Everywhere |date=2017 |publisher=Chandler Lake Books |pages=25–29}}</ref>


At first, the public ridiculed the sisters' work, especially the Berry sisters' ardent belief of women-only staffers. Many believed women should work in the home and not be physicians. But as the hospital progressed and showed miraculous outcomes, the ridicule lessened and public opinion soon helped the hospital strive.
At first, the public ridiculed the sisters' work, especially the Berry sisters' belief of women-only staffers. Some people believed women should work in the home and not be physicians. But as societal norms changed, the ridicule lessened and public opinion allowed the hospital to grow.


Giving all they had, the sisters bought a home in 1903 to work as a hospital, sheltering children. The sisters and few staff members begged for supplies, volunteers, and monetary support. Dr. Kate (Katharine Richardson) would keep a sign near the street, letting the public know the needs of the hospital, such as the basic comforts of new sheets, pillow cases, bath towels and canned food.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johns |first=Beatrice |page=17 |title=Women of Vision}}</ref>
The sisters bought a home in 1903 to work as a hospital, sheltering children. The sisters and few staff members begged for supplies, volunteers, and monetary support. Dr. Kate (Katharine Richardson) would keep a sign near the street, letting the public know the needs of the hospital, such as new sheets, pillow cases, bath towels and canned food.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johns |first=Beatrice |page=17 |title=Women of Vision}}</ref>


In 1915, construction on what would be the first official hospital began at Independence Avenue. The hospital flourished in its new home until 1970, when it moved to its current location on Hospital Hill.
In 1915, construction on what would be the first official hospital began at Independence Avenue. The hospital stayed on the avenue until 1970, when it moved to its current location on Hospital Hill.


When [[Hurricane Katrina]] first hit [[New Orleans]] in August 2005, Children's Mercy (along with other hospitals) sent helicopters to [[Tulane Medical Center]], [[Ochsner Medical Center|Ochsner]], and [[Children's Hospital of New Orleans|CHNOLA]] in order to help evacuate pediatric patients from the hospital.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Baldwin|first=Steve|last2=Robinson|first2=Andria|last3=Barlow|first3=Pam|last4=Fargason|first4=Crayton A.|date=2006-05-01|title=Moving Hospitalized Children All Over the Southeast: Interstate Transfer of Pediatric Patients During Hurricane Katrina|url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/Supplement_4/S416|journal=Pediatrics|language=en|volume=117|issue=Supplement 4|pages=S416–S420|doi=10.1542/peds.2006-0099O|issn=0031-4005|pmid=16735276|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Landry|first=Brian T.|date=30 August 2010|title=Children’s Hospital Faces Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After the Storm - RACmonitor|url=https://www.racmonitor.com/children-s-hospital-faces-hurricane-katrina-five-years-after-the-storm|access-date=2020-10-12|website=www.racmonitor.com|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gardner|first=Jay|year=2006|title=Escape from New Orleans: A pediatrician's diary - Stanford Medicine Magazine - Stanford University School of Medicine|url=http://sm.stanford.edu/archive/stanmed/2006spring/katrina-diary.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=sm.stanford.edu}}</ref> Along with helicopters, CMH sent two C-130s to aid in large scale evacuation of pediatric patients from New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned - Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29 - September 5)|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/chapter4.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref>
When [[Hurricane Katrina]] first hit [[New Orleans]] in August 2005, Children's Mercy (along with other hospitals) sent helicopters to [[Tulane Medical Center]], [[Ochsner Medical Center|Ochsner]], and [[Children's Hospital of New Orleans|CHNOLA]] in order to help evacuate pediatric patients from the hospital.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Baldwin|first1=Steve|last2=Robinson|first2=Andria|last3=Barlow|first3=Pam|last4=Fargason|first4=Crayton A.|date=2006-05-01|title=Moving Hospitalized Children All Over the Southeast: Interstate Transfer of Pediatric Patients During Hurricane Katrina|url=https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/Supplement_4/S416|journal=Pediatrics|language=en|volume=117|issue=Supplement 4|pages=S416–S420|doi=10.1542/peds.2006-0099O|issn=0031-4005|pmid=16735276|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Landry|first=Brian T.|date=30 August 2010|title=Children's Hospital Faces Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After the Storm|url=https://www.racmonitor.com/children-s-hospital-faces-hurricane-katrina-five-years-after-the-storm|access-date=2020-10-12|website=RACmonitor|archive-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927132623/https://www.racmonitor.com/children-s-hospital-faces-hurricane-katrina-five-years-after-the-storm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gardner|first=Jay|year=2006|title=Escape from New Orleans: A pediatrician's diary |url=http://sm.stanford.edu/archive/stanmed/2006spring/katrina-diary.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Stanford Medicine Magazine |publisher=[[Stanford University School of Medicine]]}}</ref> Along with helicopters, CMH sent two [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130s]] to aid in large scale evacuation of pediatric patients from New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned - Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29 - September 5)|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/chapter4.html|access-date=2020-10-12|publisher=The White House}}</ref>


===Timeline===
===Timeline===
Significant events in the hospital's history include:<ref>{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/About_Childrens_Mercy/History/|website=ChildrensMercy.org|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|date=2015|accessdate=2017-01-05|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201012448/http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/About_Childrens_Mercy/History/|archive-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>
Significant events in the hospital's history include:<ref>{{cite web|title=History |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/About_Childrens_Mercy/History/|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|date=2015|accessdate=2017-01-05|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201012448/http://www.childrensmercy.org/About_Us/About_Childrens_Mercy/History/|archive-date=2016-12-01}}</ref>


* 1897: Free Bed Fund Association of Sick, Crippled, Deformed and Ruptured Children opened its doors with one rented bed on June 24.
* 1897: The Free Bed Fund Association of Sick, Crippled, Deformed and Ruptured Children opened its doors with one rented bed on June 24.
* 1901: Central Governing Board of the Free Bed Fund approves the Mercy name.
* 1901: Central Governing Board of the Free Bed Fund approves the Mercy name.
* 1903: Officially called Mercy Hospital, the new hospital opens in its own building with five beds at 414 Highland Avenue.
* 1903: Officially called Mercy Hospital, the new hospital opens in its own building with five beds at 414 Highland Avenue.
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* 1970: Hospital staff moves 39 children to the hospital's current location, on Hospital Hill 2401 Gillham Road.
* 1970: Hospital staff moves 39 children to the hospital's current location, on Hospital Hill 2401 Gillham Road.
* 1995: Five-story Hall Family Outpatient Center opens
* 1995: Five-story Hall Family Outpatient Center opens
* 1996: Seven-story Herman and Helen Sutherland Inpatient Tower open.
* 1996: The seven-story Herman and Helen Sutherland Inpatient Tower open.
* 1997: Children's Mercy South opens in Overland Park, Kansas in October.
* 1997: Children's Mercy South opens in Overland Park, Kansas in October.
* 2000: The Paul and Betty Henson Patient Tower, a complement to the Sutherland Tower, opens.
* 2000: The Paul and Betty Henson Patient Tower, a complement to the Sutherland Tower, opens.
* 2003: Awarded Magnet designation for nursing excellence, the first hospital in Missouri or Kansas and just the third children's hospital to achieve this honor from the [[American Nurses Credentialing Center]].
* 2003: Awarded Magnet designation for nursing excellence, the first hospital in Missouri or Kansas and just the third children's hospital to achieve this honor from the [[American Nurses Credentialing Center]].
* 2003: Pediatric Research Center opens on top two floors of the new Clinic and Research Building on Hospital Hill.
* 2003: Pediatric Research Center opens on the top two floors of the new Clinic and Research Building on Hospital Hill.
* 2004: Children's Mercy South expansion opens. Renamed Children's Mercy Hospital - Kansas in 2015
* 2004: Children's Mercy South expansion opens. Renamed Children's Mercy Hospital - Kansas in 2015
* 2009: Bioethics Center opens.
* 2009: Bioethics Center opens.
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* 2013: Children's Mercy Wichita, a regional referral center opens in Wichita, Kansas.
* 2013: Children's Mercy Wichita, a regional referral center opens in Wichita, Kansas.
* 2015: Children's Mercy performs its first heart transplant.
* 2015: Children's Mercy performs its first heart transplant.
* 2020: Children's Mercy Furlough's 575 Employees and permanently lays off 60 for the first time in the history of the hospital.
* 2021: Children's Mercy opens the Children's Mercy Research Institute in a new, 9-story, 375,000 square-foot building.<ref>https://www.childrensmercy.org/research/childrens-mercy-research-institute/</ref>
*2021: Children's Mercy opens the Children's Mercy Research Institute in a new, 9-story, 375,000 square-foot building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.childrensmercy.org/research/childrens-mercy-research-institute/|title=Children's Mercy Research Institute}}</ref>
* 2022: Children's Mercy recognizes 125th anniversary.


==Branches==
==Locations==
Children's Mercy is spread out over 18 sites in two states, with one hospital in Overland Park, Kansas and another in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
Children's Mercy has multiple sites of care, including one hospital in Overland Park, Kansas and another in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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==Research==
==Research==
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The research program at the Children's Mercy Research Institute features 375,000 square-feet of dedicated clinical research space<ref>{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/icwkBY2xP4w |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=icwkBY2xP4w |title = Celebrating Transformational Gifts for Pediatric Research |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and over 100 physicians and scientists actively participating in research studies.


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It is one of the 10 stakeholder institutions in the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, which also includes the [[University of Kansas]], [[Midwest Research Institute|MRI Global]], the [[University of Missouri-Kansas City]] and the [[Stowers Institute for Medical Research|Stowers Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stakeholder Institutions |url=http://www.kclifesciences.org/partners/stakeholder-institutions/|publisher=Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI) |accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503123110/http://www.kclifesciences.org/partners/stakeholder-institutions/|archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>
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The research program at the Children's Mercy Research Institute features 375,000 square-feet of dedicated clinical research space <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=icwkBY2xP4w</ref> and over 100 physicians and scientists actively participating in research studies.


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The hospital's research is focused on five areas of emphasis:
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It is one of the 10 stakeholder institutions in the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, which also includes the [[University of Kansas]], [[Midwest Research Institute|MRI Global]], the [[University of Missouri-Kansas City]] and the [[Stowers Institute for Medical Research|Stowers Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stakeholder Institutions |url=http://www.kclifesciences.org/partners/stakeholder-institutions/|website=Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI) |accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503123110/http://www.kclifesciences.org/partners/stakeholder-institutions/|archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>
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* Genomic Medicine
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* Precision Therapeutics
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* Population Health
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* Health Care Innovation
* Emerging Infections


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The hospital is one of 13 designated Pediatric Pharmacology Research Units.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pediatric Pharmacology Research Units (PPRU) Network|url=http://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/Pages/ppru.aspx/|publisher=NICHD|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912115731/http://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/Pages/ppru.aspx/|archive-date=2014-09-12}}</ref> Hospital clinical pharmacologists work closely with the Pediatric Trials Network, researching and developing accurate drug doses and devices for children.
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The hospital's research is focused on four areas of emphasis:
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* Genomic medicine
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In 2012, the hospital's Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine developed the rapid whole genome sequencing approach.
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The hospital is one of 13 designated Pediatric Pharmacology Research Units.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pediatric Pharmacology Research Units (PPRU) Network|url=http://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/Pages/ppru.aspx/|website=NICHD|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912115731/http://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/Pages/ppru.aspx/|archive-date=2014-09-12}}</ref> Hospital clinical pharmacologists work closely with the Pediatric Trials Network, researching and developing accurate drug doses and devices for children.


[https://news.childrensmercy.org/childrens-mercy-research-institute-releases-genomic-data-from-first-of-its-kind-repository-accelerating-answers-for-kids-with-rare-disease/ Genomic Answers for Kids] (GA4K), which began in 2019, is the pediatric data repository to facilitate the search for answers and novel treatments for these conditions. In 2022, GA4K reported having identified 1,000 rare diagnoses and has enrolled more than 10,000 participants to date into GA4K.
The hospital's Genomic Medicine Center was termed "among the most technologically advanced in the world" in a January 2014 Bloomberg article.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baby DNA Analysis Ushers in Brave New World of Treatment |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-16/baby-dna-analysis-ushers-in-brave-new-world-of-treatment-health.html |website=Bloomberg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009060547/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-16/baby-dna-analysis-ushers-in-brave-new-world-of-treatment-health.html|archive-date=2014-10-09}}</ref> In 2012, the hospital's Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine's development of a rapid whole genome sequencing approach was named one of Time magazine's Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Park|first1=Alice|title=Speeding DNA-Based Diagnosis for Newborns |url=http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/04/top-10-health-lists/slide/speeding-dna-based-diagnosis-for-newborns/|accessdate=27 August 2014|work=Time Magazine|date=December 4, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609031842/http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/04/top-10-health-lists/slide/speeding-dna-based-diagnosis-for-newborns/|archive-date=9 June 2014}}</ref>


==Clinical care==
==Clinical care==
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==Academics==
==Academics==
Children's Mercy is an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education institutional sponsor. Graduate medical education focuses on the development of programs based on the ACGME core competencies and the acquisition of clinical skills.
Children's Mercy is an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education Institutional Sponsor and focuses on the development of programs based on the ACGME core competencies and the acquisition of clinical skills.


Children's Mercy is academically affiliated with [[University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine]] and offers a pediatric residency program that annually accepts 24 categorical pediatric residents, three preliminary residents, and six internal medicine/pediatrics residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pediatric Residency Program FAQs |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows,_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Pediatric_Residency_Program/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|website=Children's Mercy|accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185627/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows%2C_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Pediatric_Residency_Program/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Residents currently hail from 42 medical schools representing 25 states throughout the United States and two foreign countries. Children's Mercy also offers 28 pediatric fellowship programs to train the next generation of pediatric subspecialists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellowship Programs |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows,_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Fellowship_Programs/Fellowship_Programs/|website=Children's Mercy|accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110446/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows%2C_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Fellowship_Programs/Fellowship_Programs/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
Children's Mercy is academically affiliated with both the [[University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine]] and the [[University of Kansas]] and offers a pediatric residency program that annually accepts 27 categorical pediatric residents, one preliminary resident, three combined pediatrics/neurology residents and six internal medicine/pediatrics residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pediatric Residency Program FAQs |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows,_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Pediatric_Residency_Program/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185627/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows%2C_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Pediatric_Residency_Program/Frequently_Asked_Questions/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Children's Mercy also offers 42 subspecialty fellowship programs to train the next generation of pediatric subspecialists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellowship Programs |url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows,_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Fellowship_Programs/Fellowship_Programs/|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|accessdate=27 August 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110446/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows%2C_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Fellowship_Programs/Fellowship_Programs/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>


In addition, Children's Mercy hosts over 600 residents from partnering institutions in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska. Several hundred health care students rotate through Children's Mercy annually.
In addition, Children's Mercy is designated a principal pediatric teaching hospital for The [[University of Kansas Medical Center]]. In 2013, Children's Mercy, The [[University of Kansas Health System|University of Kansas Hospital]], The University of Kansas Medical Center, and The University of Kansas Physicians announced they were working to develop a single, integrated pediatric program allowing the institutions to enhance clinical care for children, advance pediatric academic development, expand pediatric research initiatives, and strengthen advocacy activities on behalf of children in the Midwest and surrounding region.<ref>{{cite news| title=Children's Mercy GME Annual Report, 2013}}</ref>

Expanding its boundaries beyond the Midwest, Children's Mercy has established educational partnership programs for foreign residents and for its own residents study abroad. Children's Mercy has formal relationships with hospitals in China, Panama and Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pediatric Residency Program International Electives|url=http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows,_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Pediatric_Residency_Program/International_Electives/|website=Children's Mercy|accessdate=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726173102/http://www.childrensmercy.org/Health_Care_Professionals/Education/Fellows%2C_Residents_and_Students/Graduate_Medical_Education/Pediatric_Residency_Program/International_Electives/|archive-date=26 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Rankings and performance==
==Rankings and performance==
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Brown|color=brown}}" |National Program Rankings<ref name="USNWR Hospital Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=U.S. News Best Hospital Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|accessdate=22 December 2018 |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/childrens-mercy-hospitals-and-clinics-6630340}}</ref>
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Brown|color=brown}}" |National Program Rankings<ref>Harder, Ben (June 14, 2022). [https://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-childrens-hospitals/articles/best-childrens-hospitals-honor-roll-and-overview "Best Children's Hospitals 2022-23 Honor Roll and Overview"]. ''U.S. News & World Report''.</ref>
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| Cancer || 28
| Cancer || 39
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| Cardiology & Heart Surgery || 24
| Cardiology & Heart Surgery || 26
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| Diabetes & Endocrinology || 38
| Diabetes & Endocrinology || 23
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| Gastroenterology & GI Surgery || 32
| Gastroenterology & GI Surgery || 21 (tie)
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| Neonatology || --
| Neonatology || 11
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| Nephrology || 10
| Nephrology || 9
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| Neurology & Neurosurgery || 25
| Neurology & Neurosurgery || 21
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| Orthopedics || 31
| Orthopedics || 35
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| Pulmonology & Lung Surgery || 37
| Pulmonology & Lung Surgery || 28
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| Urology || 19
| Urology || 20 (tie)
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| Behavioral Health || Top 50
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Children's Mercy Hospital is one of 89 facilities in the United States that made national rankings in at least one of 10 pediatric specialties analyzed for the 2021-22 Best Children's Hospitals, by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''. The hospital has consecutively been nationally ranked in at least nine of the ten pediatric specialty areas:<ref name="USNewsRankings" />
Children’s Mercy Kansas City is recognized as one of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals, according to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'s'' 2024-2025 “Best Children’s Hospitals” report, ranking number one in Missouri, for the second year in a row. For the first time in more than a decade, this year’s rankings included a new specialty – Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health. In years past, the hospital had consecutively been nationally ranked in at least 10 of the 10 pediatric specialty areas. This year, Children’s Mercy achieved a new milestone, ranking in all 11 of the 11 pediatric specialties:<ref name="USNewsRankings" />
* Cancer
* Cancer
* Cardiology & Heart Surgery
* Cardiology and Heart Surgery
* Diabetes & Endocrinology
* Diabetes and Endocrinology
* Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
* Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
* Neonatology
* Neonatology
* Nephrology
* Nephrology
* Neurology & Neurosurgery
* Neurology and Neurosurgery
* Orthopedics
* Orthopedics
* Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
* Pulmonology and Lung Surgery
* Urology
* Urology
* Behavioral Health
The highest ranking is nephrology at #10.<ref name="USNewsRankings" />
The highest ranking is nephrology at #9.<ref name="USNewsRankings" />


The hospital has been designated a "Magnet Recognized" center by the [[American Nurses Credentialing Center]].
In 2013 ''[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]'' magazine ranked Children's Mercy at #14 among the country's best children's hospitals.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=10 Best Children's Hospitals|url=http://www.parents.com/health/doctors/best-childrens-hospitals/?page=3|first=Karen|last=Cicero|publisher=Meredith Corporation|work=Parents Magazine|issue=March 2013|accessdate=2014-10-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009060713/http://www.parents.com/health/doctors/best-childrens-hospitals/?page=3|archive-date=2014-10-09}}</ref>


Children's Mercy earned "LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader" designation in 2022 by receiving a top score of 100 on [[Human Rights Campaign]] (HRC) Foundation's Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).<ref name="Human Rights Campaign">{{cite web |title=HEI 2022 LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leaders |url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/hei-2022-lgbtq-healthcare-equality-leaders |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>
The hospital has also been designated a "Magnet Recognized" center by the [[American Nurses Credentialing Center]], won the "Gold Achievement" award for a fit friendly work site in 2012 by the [[American Heart Association]], and has been designated as Kansas City's Healthiest Employer by the [[Kansas City Business Journal]] in 2013.


Children's Mercy earned Forbes' "America's Best-In-State Employers Missouri" designation in 2024 by ranking among the final list of employers that received the most recommendations.<ref>{{cite web |title=America's Best Employers By State (2022) |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/childrens-mercy-kansas-city/?sh=6f791a89772d |publisher=Forbes |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>
CMH's Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine has been termed "among the most technologically advanced in the world".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Baby DNA Analysis Ushers in Brave New World of Treatment|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-16/baby-dna-analysis-ushers-in-brave-new-world-of-treatment-health.html|first=John|last=Lauerman|publisher=Bloomberg|website=Bloomberg.com|date=2014-01-15|accessdate=2014-10-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009060547/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-16/baby-dna-analysis-ushers-in-brave-new-world-of-treatment-health.html|archive-date=2014-10-09}}</ref>

Children's Mercy earned the 2022-2023 Platinum Level Healthy KC Certified from the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Workplace Wellness Certified Healthy KC Companies |url=https://www.kcchamber.com/what-we-do/healthy-kc/workplace-wellness-certified-companies |publisher=Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>

Children's Mercy is a leading independent children's health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation, and educating the next generation of caregivers.

Together, we transform the health, wellbeing and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.


==Naming rights==
==Naming rights==
[[File:CM Park Nima3.jpg|thumb|350px]]
[[File:CM Park Nima3.jpg|thumb|350px]]
On November 19, 2015, Children's Mercy announced a ten-year partnership with [[Sporting Kansas City]]. The deal includes Children's Mercy getting the naming rights to the team's stadium, now named [[Children's Mercy Park]], as well as the team's training center and the championship field and training center at [[Swope Soccer Village]]. The partnership focuses on strengthening the community by improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine; protecting youth athletes and providing education to coaches and parents. In 2017, the hospital opened a Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center at the [[United States Soccer Federation]] [[United States Soccer Federation#Headquarters and national training center|National Training Center]], in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDowell|first1=Sam|title=National soccer education and training center gets final approval for construction in Kansas City, Kan.|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article18007043.html|website=KansasCity.com|publisher=The Kansas City Star |accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119204141/http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article18007043.html |archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Lisa|last1=Augustine|first2=Jake|last2=Jacobson|title=Children’s Mercy and Sporting Kansas City announce youth health and pediatric sports medicine initiative|url=http://news.childrensmercy.org/childrens-mercy-and-sporting-kansas-city-announce-youth-health-and-pediatric-sports-medicine-initiative/ |website=News.ChildrensMercy.org|publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119204114/http://news.childrensmercy.org/childrens-mercy-and-sporting-kansas-city-announce-youth-health-and-pediatric-sports-medicine-initiative/|archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>
On November 19, 2015, Children's Mercy announced a ten-year partnership with [[Sporting Kansas City]]. The deal includes Children's Mercy getting the naming rights to the team's stadium, now named [[Children's Mercy Park]], as well as the team's training center and the championship field and training center at [[Swope Soccer Village]]. The partnership focuses on strengthening the community by improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine, protecting youth athletes and providing education to coaches and parents. In 2017, the hospital opened a Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center at the [[United States Soccer Federation]] [[United States Soccer Federation#Headquarters and national training center|National Training Center]], in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDowell|first1=Sam|title=National soccer education and training center gets final approval for construction in Kansas City, Kan.|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article18007043.html|website=[[The Kansas City Star]] |accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119204141/http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article18007043.html |archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Lisa|last1=Augustine|first2=Jake|last2=Jacobson|title=Children's Mercy and Sporting Kansas City announce youth health and pediatric sports medicine initiative|url=http://news.childrensmercy.org/childrens-mercy-and-sporting-kansas-city-announce-youth-health-and-pediatric-sports-medicine-initiative/ |publisher=Children's Mercy Hospital|accessdate=19 November 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119204114/http://news.childrensmercy.org/childrens-mercy-and-sporting-kansas-city-announce-youth-health-and-pediatric-sports-medicine-initiative/|archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>

==Controversy==

In March 2022, Missouri senator Mike Cierpiot accused Children's Mercy of abusing child welfare services to remove children from the parents' home.<ref>{{cite web|title=Missouri senator says kids "abducted by Children’s Mercy Hospital"|url=https://metrovoicenews.com/missouri-senator-says-kids-abducted-by-childrens-mercy-hospital/ |website=metrovoicenews.com |date=2022-03-08}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:57, 20 December 2024

This article is about Children's Mercy Kansas City. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital.
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Adele Hall Campus
Children's Mercy Hospital is located in Missouri
Children's Mercy Hospital
Geography
Location2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Coordinates39°05′06″N 94°34′48″W / 39.085°N 94.580°W / 39.085; -94.580
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeSpecialized
Affiliated universityUniversity of Kansas
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Services
Emergency departmentYes (Adele Hall Campus and Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas)[1]
Beds390
HelipadYes (two at Adele Hall Campus and one at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas)
History
Opened1897
Links
Websitewww.childrensmercy.org
ListsHospitals in Missouri

Children's Mercy Kansas City is a 390-bed[2] medical center in Kansas City, Missouri providing care for pediatric patients. The hospital's primary service area covers a 150-county area in Missouri and Kansas. Children's Mercy received national recognition from U.S. News & World Report in 11 pediatric specialties.[3] The hospital was the first in Missouri and Kansas to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and has been re-designated five times.[4]

Children's Mercy Adele Hall Campus is the primary location for Children's Mercy Kansas City. The hospital was founded in 1897 by two sisters, a surgeon and a dentist. The hospital quickly grew and expanded its services to all children in the region. In fiscal year 2023, the hospital provided more than $155 million in uncompensated care, including charity care, unreimbursed Medicaid (and other means-tested government programs), and subsidized health services.[5]

History

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Berry sisters

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Alice Berry Graham

Katharine and Alice Berry came to Kansas City from Wisconsin in 1893. They put each other through school; Katharine being the first to get her medical degree while Alice worked as a schoolteacher, and then obtained her dentist degree—both male-only professions during the 19th century. The women were excluded from professional medical groups because of their gender, and their entrepreneurial spirit was discouraged. But the two persevered and, due to their widowed status, they were permitted to control their own finances, which they poured into their medical work with children.[6]

Children's Mercy Hospital was founded in 1897 when Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, now a surgeon, and her sister Dr. Alice Berry Graham, a dentist, found a crippled, malnourished girl abandoned in the streets of Kansas City, Missouri and treated and cared for her at a rented bed in a hospital. Since no hospital in the city allowed a female physician on the staff, the sisters continued treating patients by renting beds in a small hospital.[7]

The beds soon became known as the "Mercy Bed". The sisters formed the Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled, Deformed, and Ruptured Children and in 1901, changing it to The Children's Mercy Hospital in 1919.[8]

At first, the public ridiculed the sisters' work, especially the Berry sisters' belief of women-only staffers. Some people believed women should work in the home and not be physicians. But as societal norms changed, the ridicule lessened and public opinion allowed the hospital to grow.

The sisters bought a home in 1903 to work as a hospital, sheltering children. The sisters and few staff members begged for supplies, volunteers, and monetary support. Dr. Kate (Katharine Richardson) would keep a sign near the street, letting the public know the needs of the hospital, such as new sheets, pillow cases, bath towels and canned food.[9]

In 1915, construction on what would be the first official hospital began at Independence Avenue. The hospital stayed on the avenue until 1970, when it moved to its current location on Hospital Hill.

When Hurricane Katrina first hit New Orleans in August 2005, Children's Mercy (along with other hospitals) sent helicopters to Tulane Medical Center, Ochsner, and CHNOLA in order to help evacuate pediatric patients from the hospital.[10][11][12] Along with helicopters, CMH sent two C-130s to aid in large scale evacuation of pediatric patients from New Orleans.[13]

Timeline

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Significant events in the hospital's history include:[14]

  • 1897: The Free Bed Fund Association of Sick, Crippled, Deformed and Ruptured Children opened its doors with one rented bed on June 24.
  • 1901: Central Governing Board of the Free Bed Fund approves the Mercy name.
  • 1903: Officially called Mercy Hospital, the new hospital opens in its own building with five beds at 414 Highland Avenue.
  • 1917: The hospital moves to Independence and Woodland on November 27.
  • 1970: Hospital staff moves 39 children to the hospital's current location, on Hospital Hill 2401 Gillham Road.
  • 1995: Five-story Hall Family Outpatient Center opens
  • 1996: The seven-story Herman and Helen Sutherland Inpatient Tower open.
  • 1997: Children's Mercy South opens in Overland Park, Kansas in October.
  • 2000: The Paul and Betty Henson Patient Tower, a complement to the Sutherland Tower, opens.
  • 2003: Awarded Magnet designation for nursing excellence, the first hospital in Missouri or Kansas and just the third children's hospital to achieve this honor from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
  • 2003: Pediatric Research Center opens on the top two floors of the new Clinic and Research Building on Hospital Hill.
  • 2004: Children's Mercy South expansion opens. Renamed Children's Mercy Hospital - Kansas in 2015
  • 2009: Bioethics Center opens.
  • 2012: Children's Mercy East opens in Independence, Missouri
  • 2012: The Elizabeth Ann Hall Patient Tower opens on Hospital Hill.
  • 2012: Children's Mercy opens the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine.
  • 2013: Children's Mercy Blue Valley opens in Overland Park, Kansas, housing urgent care and sports medicine services, including a gym for sports therapy and rehabilitation.
  • 2013: Children's Mercy Wichita, a regional referral center opens in Wichita, Kansas.
  • 2015: Children's Mercy performs its first heart transplant.
  • 2020: Children's Mercy Furlough's 575 Employees and permanently lays off 60 for the first time in the history of the hospital.
  • 2021: Children's Mercy opens the Children's Mercy Research Institute in a new, 9-story, 375,000 square-foot building.[15]
  • 2022: Children's Mercy recognizes 125th anniversary.

Locations

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Children's Mercy has multiple sites of care, including one hospital in Overland Park, Kansas and another in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Adele Hall campus is the site of the main hospital in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
    Adele Hall campus is the site of the main hospital in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Main
    Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas is the largest pediatric hospital in the state of Kansas
  • South
    Broadway Clinics is located near midtown Kansas City, just south of Liberty Memorial
  • Broadway
    Children's Mercy East is located 16 miles east of Kansas City in Independence, Missouri
  • CME
    Children's Mercy Village West is located near Children's Mercy Park

Research

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The research program at the Children's Mercy Research Institute features 375,000 square-feet of dedicated clinical research space[16] and over 100 physicians and scientists actively participating in research studies.

It is one of the 10 stakeholder institutions in the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, which also includes the University of Kansas, MRI Global, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Stowers Institute.[17]

The hospital's research is focused on five areas of emphasis:

  • Genomic Medicine
  • Precision Therapeutics
  • Population Health
  • Health Care Innovation
  • Emerging Infections

The hospital is one of 13 designated Pediatric Pharmacology Research Units.[18] Hospital clinical pharmacologists work closely with the Pediatric Trials Network, researching and developing accurate drug doses and devices for children.

In 2012, the hospital's Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine developed the rapid whole genome sequencing approach.

Genomic Answers for Kids (GA4K), which began in 2019, is the pediatric data repository to facilitate the search for answers and novel treatments for these conditions. In 2022, GA4K reported having identified 1,000 rare diagnoses and has enrolled more than 10,000 participants to date into GA4K.

Clinical care

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Children's Mercy Hospital is located on the Children's Mercy Adele Hall campus. Hospital services include a Level 1 Children's Surgery Center; a Level 1 Trauma Center; a Level IV Intensive Care Nursery; heart, liver, kidney, blood and marrow transplant programs; and more than 40 pediatric subspecialty clinics.

Academics

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Children's Mercy is an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education Institutional Sponsor and focuses on the development of programs based on the ACGME core competencies and the acquisition of clinical skills.

Children's Mercy is academically affiliated with both the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and the University of Kansas and offers a pediatric residency program that annually accepts 27 categorical pediatric residents, one preliminary resident, three combined pediatrics/neurology residents and six internal medicine/pediatrics residents.[19] Children's Mercy also offers 42 subspecialty fellowship programs to train the next generation of pediatric subspecialists.[20]

In addition, Children's Mercy hosts over 600 residents from partnering institutions in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska. Several hundred health care students rotate through Children's Mercy annually.

Rankings and performance

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Children’s Mercy Kansas City is recognized as one of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024-2025 “Best Children’s Hospitals” report, ranking number one in Missouri, for the second year in a row. For the first time in more than a decade, this year’s rankings included a new specialty – Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health. In years past, the hospital had consecutively been nationally ranked in at least 10 of the 10 pediatric specialty areas. This year, Children’s Mercy achieved a new milestone, ranking in all 11 of the 11 pediatric specialties:[3]

  • Cancer
  • Cardiology and Heart Surgery
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
  • Neonatology
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Orthopedics
  • Pulmonology and Lung Surgery
  • Urology
  • Behavioral Health

The highest ranking is nephrology at #9.[3]

The hospital has been designated a "Magnet Recognized" center by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Children's Mercy earned "LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader" designation in 2022 by receiving a top score of 100 on Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).[22]

Children's Mercy earned Forbes' "America's Best-In-State Employers Missouri" designation in 2024 by ranking among the final list of employers that received the most recommendations.[23]

Children's Mercy earned the 2022-2023 Platinum Level Healthy KC Certified from the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.[24]

Children's Mercy is a leading independent children's health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation, and educating the next generation of caregivers.

Together, we transform the health, wellbeing and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.

Naming rights

[edit]

On November 19, 2015, Children's Mercy announced a ten-year partnership with Sporting Kansas City. The deal includes Children's Mercy getting the naming rights to the team's stadium, now named Children's Mercy Park, as well as the team's training center and the championship field and training center at Swope Soccer Village. The partnership focuses on strengthening the community by improving access to pediatric-trained sports medicine, protecting youth athletes and providing education to coaches and parents. In 2017, the hospital opened a Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center at the United States Soccer Federation National Training Center, in Kansas.[25][26]

Controversy

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In March 2022, Missouri senator Mike Cierpiot accused Children's Mercy of abusing child welfare services to remove children from the parents' home.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "Emergency and Urgent Care", Retrieved on 6 November 2011. Archived November 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Children's Mercy Facts". www.childrensmercy.org. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. ^ "Nurses". Children's Mercy Hospital. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Community Benefit".
  6. ^ Women of Vision, Beatrice Johns, ImagineInk Publishing Company, Inc., 2004
  7. ^ "Alice Berry Graham (1850-1913) and Katherine Berry Richardson (1858-1933)". Women in Health Sciences. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. 2004. Web. 25 Aug. 2011
  8. ^ For All Children Everywhere. Chandler Lake Books. 2017. pp. 25–29.
  9. ^ Johns, Beatrice. Women of Vision. p. 17.
  10. ^ Baldwin, Steve; Robinson, Andria; Barlow, Pam; Fargason, Crayton A. (2006-05-01). "Moving Hospitalized Children All Over the Southeast: Interstate Transfer of Pediatric Patients During Hurricane Katrina". Pediatrics. 117 (Supplement 4): S416 – S420. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0099O. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 16735276.
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