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Children's Mercy St. Joseph

Children’s Mercy St. Joseph-Mosaic Life Care provides a convenient location to better serve patients and families in the St. Joseph area and surrounding communities with the best pediatric care possible.

Electromyography (EMG) Testing

Children’s Mercy's EMG laboratory is the first accredited electromyography lab by the American Academy of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) specifically for pediatric patients in the...

Rectal Enema

A medical grade rectal enema -- also known as rectal enema administration, cleanout or flush -- is prescribed by your doctor and performed every 24 hours to keep your child’s colon clean and to prevent...

Seven Key Clinical Findings Shaping Pediatric Nephrology

Leadership in multicenter studies underscores Children’s Mercy Kansas City’s global impact in pediatric nephrology In its 18th consecutive year of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the...

Spinal Fusion

Posterior spinal fusion   Spinal Fusion patient photo Posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation is the most common procedure performed for pediatric spinal conditions such as scoliosis and pathologic...

What to Expect: Celiac Disease

Learn about treatment for celiac disease at Children's Mercy Kansas City, ranked among the best gastroenterology programs in the nation.

Embracing your village. How to help those with a child in the hospital.

Health care is an avoidance topic, plain and simple. No one wants to think about being sick or worse yet, having a child sick and in the hospital. But realistically, we know that every day thousands of...

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Our Surgery Center Faculty and Fellows Follow Us How to Apply The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship selects one applicant per year to fulfill its position, which is fully accredited through the ACGME.

Onboarding

Hello, and welcome to Children’s Mercy. We’re really excited you’re joining our team of 8,500-plus employees. You’ll soon notice that everyone here is dedicated to helping kids meet their potential every...

Preparing for a PET/CT Scan

  Media: pet scanner, view from door   ACR: CT/PET           What is a PET scan? A positron emission tomography (PET scan) is a test to look for disease.  A PET scan...

Pediatric Motility Testing

GI specialists at Children's Mercy can perform several types of tests to assess your child's gastrointestinal motility.

Differences between IEP and 504 plans

  IEP   504   A legal document that is developed collaboratively between school personnel and the child’s parents/legal guardians to make sure the child’s educational needs are met. An IEP must...

Getting a MACE

The child life specialists at Children's Mercy help children cope with the feelings they may have about their illness, injury, disability, or hospitalization. They have provided the information below...

Bladder Exstrophy

When a baby is born with the bladder and urethra exposed on the outside of the abdomen, this is called bladder exstrophy. The open urethra is called epispadias. The Children's Mercy Comprehensive...

Fetal Health Center - Expert Care for High Risk Pregnancies

From consultations to specialized fetal surgery and delivery — there's no better place for a baby with complex medical needs than the Fetal Health Center at Children's Mercy. We're here to help...

Talking to kids about tragedies

No parent wants to have to talk about tragic events with their kids, no matter what age they are. Whether something terrible happened close to home or in the headlines, knowing what to say and how to help...

Patient Demographic

Children’s Mercy Pediatric Residency and Fellowship Programs seeks to provide high quality clinical care by creating a workforce that reflects the demographics of patients we serve.

Social Work Student Practicum

Social Work Students The Social Work Department at Children’s Mercy has a long history of supporting social work education and is committed to providing quality field instruction for Masters of Social Work...

Emergency Preparedness

Children's Mercy has established a plan to guide hospital-wide emergency preparedness and management. Our Emergency Operations Plan ensures all areas of the hospital are prepared to respond to...

Quality and Safety at Children's Mercy Kansas City

The Department of Quality and Safety supports performance-enhancement efforts through planning, quality assessment and monitoring with continuous quality-improvement principles and methodologies.