Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hospitals

Children's Mercy South

5808 West 110th Street
Overland Park, KS 66211
(913) 696-8000
www.childrens-mercy.org
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: Children's other specialty
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 35
Administrator:
Parent system:
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Burn care*
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)*
  • End-of-life services:
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care*
  • Heart surgery (adult)*
  • Heart surgery (pediatric)*
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)*
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (child)*
  • Neonatal intensive care*
  • Neonatal intermediate care*
  • Cancer services*
Outpatient:
  • Arthritis center
  • Bariatric/weight control services*
  • Certified trauma center*
  • Cancer services*
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Dental services*
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)*
  • Genetic testing/counseling*
  • HIV-AIDS services*
  • Home health services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)*
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (child)*
  • Kidney dialysis*
  • Cancer services*
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Outpatient care
  • Sleep center
  • Sports medicine
  • Urgent-care center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services*
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services*
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs*
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility*
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT*
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 2,232
Inpatient surgeries: 31
Outpatient visits: 90,672
Outpatient surgeries: 4,039
Emergency room visits: 0
Births: 0
Beds: 35

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
 N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
 34
Full-time registered nurses:
 N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
 92
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
 N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
 2
Total full-time faculty:
 N/A
Total part-time faculty:
 N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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