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How to protect your little ones from button and lithium coin batteries
As parents, ensuring the safety of our children is always a top priority. One hidden danger that many might overlook is the presence of button batteries in everyday household items. These small...
The Link - March 2025
Our March issue features the latest news and updates on pediatric care from Children's Mercy clinicians. The Link - March 2025 Evidence Based Strategies: Along With Spring Comes the Ticks: A Brief Overview...
Outbreaks, Alerts & Hot Topics: The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Column Author and Editor: Chris Day, MD | Medical Director, Immune Compromised Service & Special Immunology Clinic, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, International Travel Clinic...
Asthma Education
Children's Mercy provides the latest information, research, and resources to help patients and families manage asthma. You'll find important information about how to recognize symptoms, avoid common...
Spiritual Services
Contact The Children's Mercy Department of Spiritual Services provides emotional and spiritual support to all patients and families. Chaplains Chaplains are available 24 hours a day to all people of any...
Pediatric Bioethics: Rethinking Disability in Pediatrics: Historical, Conceptual and Ethical Reflections to Improve Clinical Practice
Column Author: Jeremy R. Garrett, PhD | Program Director, Pediatric Bioethics Fellowship, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Column Editor: Brian...
Risks and Benefits of Presumptive Treatment for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Risks of untreated PID: Chronic pelvic pain Infertility (tubal damage-induced infertility) Twenty-five percent of females develop complications including tubal scarring and adhesions Increased risk of...
Enrolling Additional Children
You may add more than one child to your patient portal account. A consent form is needed for each child. There are two options for enrolling an additional child: Enroll online (recommended). Enroll...
CPR Courses
The American Heart Association Training Center at Children's Mercy offers: CPR Courses for health care providers and the general public, including: Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider--2-year certification...
Tips to become a health literacy hero
As parents, we all want the best for our children. Especially when it comes to their health. Medical information can sometimes feel like a secret language, and you may wish you had a superpower to decode...
Children’s Mercy Research Institute
The Children’s Mercy Research Institute is creating an integrated research environment where no boundaries exist between science and medicine. In our quest to find answers to pediatric medicine’s most...
ED Behavioral Escalation Huddle
What is a High Risk Behavioral Health Huddle? A High Risk Behavioral Health Huddle is an impromptu, acute meeting between key stakeholders in the Emergency Department (ED) and the hospital. These meetings...
Apply for the Nurse Residency Program
Application You can locate our Graduate Nurse application by following this link to our Careers page and searching for the “Graduate Nurse” job posting. When completing you application, it will...
Improving Research Confidentiality
Leading with the Children's Mercy value of curiosity, Saskia Miller, ORI Director, identified a roadblock that prevented some researchers from attaining a higher level of privacy protections for study...
Heart Transplant: Alex and Jaymeson’s stories
Alex and Jaymeson (Jay) bonded over a very unique shared experience: They both received heart transplants at Children’s Mercy Kansas City in February 2024 — less than a week apart!
Broken Knuckle: Ashton's Story
Meet Ashton Fifteen-year-old Ashton Meuret has been climbing, flipping and tumbling since she was old enough to walk. So, two years ago when the highly competitive Level 9 Junior Olympian broke the middle...
Accessing Accounts for Patients Over 18 Years
We can help you get access to patient portal accounts for patients over the age of 18. There are typically a few situations where this is needed: New patients who are over the age of 18, enrolling for the...
Kids Eat Free! Meal Program
Free lunch for kids ages 1-18 Monday–Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children's Mercy main campus (2401 Gillham Road) and Broadway campus (3101 Broadway Boulevard). Available on a first come, first served...
Lodging and Transportation: Help from Medicaid
Medicaid can help with rides to your child's medical appointments, gas, and hotel accommodations. Find helpful phone numbers for Missouri and Kansas.
Life after transplant
Organ transplant is dramatic, from the excitement of hearing about a potential match to the surgery itself. It’s a huge turning point in a patient’s life! But the most interesting part of a patient's...