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Heart Transplant Program Volumes and Outcomes

The Heart Transplant Program at Children’s Mercy is nationally recognized as one of the top pediatric heart centers in the nation. View data about our patient volume and outcomes.

Dr. John Perry Receives Funding to Study Bone Marrow Responses to Radiation, How to Reduce Damage from Radiation Exposure

John Perry, PhD, Doctoral Research Faculty, is one of three primary investigators collaborating on a U01 grant from National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) to...

Vaccine Update: Reducing the Ouch During Vaccination

Pediatric clinicians are committed to providing recommended vaccines to their patients. But vaccine hesitancy continues to be an obstacle to providing some or all recommended vaccines.

Hearing and Speech Team

Meet the Hearing and Speech team at Children's Mercy.

Understanding Soft Tissue Infection

Skin infections, also called cellulitis, are caused when bacteria enters a cut, tear, or scrape on your skin. It can occur when your finger or hand is cut or crushed, such as being shut in a door or...

Autism and/or Developmental Delay: Finding Best Fit Developmental Intervention Center

Factors to consider for identifying a family’s best fit clinical center: Geography. It is almost always ideal for families to receive their intervention service locally, with a preference for staying...

Community Engaged Research Team

This team helps ensure research seeks answers important to the community and implements patient, family, and community centered recruitment, data collection, and dissemination methods.

Vestibular Therapy

Vestibular therapy is often prescribed for athletes who suffered a concussion and have symptoms preventing them from returning to school or sports. Since symptoms following concussions varies from person...

Healthy Home Principles and Assessment Practice for Health Educators and Community Workers

This two-day training course is ideal for community health workers and other health educators and home visitors. The training will help you understand the connection between health and housing, learn the...

Crohn's Disease: Bailey's Story

Bailey has been living with Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can affect the entire digestive tract, for almost half of her life. She has powered through flare-ups with the help of...

Kidney Transplant Program Volumes and Outcomes

The Children's Mercy multidisciplinary team works with referring physicians before, during and after a kidney transplant to ensure effective continuity of care for pediatric transplant recipients and...

Bylaws

Beacon Program’s mission   Provide a patient- and family-centered primary care medical home for children with medical complexity and their siblings. Our team communicates with health care providers in...

Tristyn's Story

Defying the odds and living a full life Twelve year-old Tristyn wasn’t supposed to live past age 4. She was born with several of her organs outside of her body, and her intestines were severely damaged due...

Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions April 2021

As was discussed in last month’s LINK column on evidence-based practice, children are disproportionately affected by secondhand smoke, and this exposure is detrimental to children’s health. The Surgeon...

Salud mental en niños y adolescentes

Help in a crisis No está solo. Según la Alianza Nacional sobre Enfermedades Mentales, 1 de cada 6 niños estadounidenses de entre 6 y 17 años experimenta un trastorno de salud mental cada...

Abdominal Pain Outcomes

Award Why should you care? Chronic abdominal pain is a common problem that affects up to 20 percent of all school-aged children and teens. Despite how many youth struggle with abdominal pain, there is no...

Evidence-Based Management of Pediatric Obesity: Highlights of the New AAP Clinical Practice Guideline

The most up-to-date evidence to guide obesity screening, treatment and referral.

Bylaws

Kansas PFAC Mission Statement The Kansas Patient Family Advisory Council will work in partnership with the Children’s Mercy staff members to advocate on behalf of families for improved quality, safety, and...

Evidence-Based Strategies for Common Clinical Questions February 2022

As was discussed in last month’s LINK column on evidence-based practice, children are disproportionately affected by secondhand smoke, and this exposure is detrimental to children’s health. The Surgeon...

Hyperbilirubinemia - Evidence Based Strategies - December 2022

Jaundice affects over 80% of newborns. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) provides a comprehensive clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.