Here is an update on the status of major expansion projects under way at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
"It is gratifying that through strong support from our community and employees, Children's Mercy continues to add the space required to care for the growing number of children who need us," said Jo Stueve, Executive Vice President, Co-Chief Operating Officer. "We will keep looking for ways to manage our resources wisely in a challenging economy so that we can continue necessary expansion that allows us to meet the demand for our clinical, research and teaching expertise."
The Elizabeth Ann Hall Patient Tower
At Children's Mercy Hospital
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Elizabeth Ann Hall Patient Tower
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Construction is proceeding on schedule, with an estimated completion date of July 2012 and a phased opening is being planned. The new tower will add 72 inpatient beds, bringing the hospital's total capacity to 335. The new tower will include state-of-the-art facilities for our Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center, which provides prenatal care, delivery services and neonatal subspecialty care for infants with complex birth defects. The center will include two specialized delivery/operating rooms and four labor and recovery rooms, plus a bridge to Truman Medical Center.
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Lisa Barth Interfaith Chapel and Garden
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The Hall Tower also will include an enhanced, expanded new Cancer Center, an expansion of our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and the beautiful new Lisa Barth Interfaith Chapel and Garden, which will include a library, family gathering room, outdoor garden and more.
Children's Mercy East
Independence, Mo.
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Children's Mercy East Under Construction
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Construction is expected to be completed in September 2012, and in October we are scheduled to begin moving into Children's Mercy East, a three-story, 55,000 square-foot building located at near the corner of I-70 and Little Blue Parkway. Approximately 12 percent of all outpatient visits and 10 percent of all emergency room and urgent care visits made to Children's Mercy are by families who live in eastern Jackson County. Children's Mercy East is
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Children's Mercy East Architect's Drawing
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bringing our state-of-the-art pediatric subspecialty care to those families with the construction of this outpatient facility, which will include subspecialty clinics, the Edward G. and Kathryn E. Mader Urgent Care Center, plus radiology and laboratory services.
Children's Mercy Clinics on Broadway
3101 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
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Children's Mercy Clinics on Broadway
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In 2010, Children's Mercy bought the 10-story building on the southeast corner of Broadway and 31st Street, just two miles from Children's Mercy Hospital. In May 2011, the Pediatric Care Clinic (PCC) and the Teen Clinic moved from their previous locations to much more spacious clinics in the Broadway building, which includes a floor renovated for physician offices. Renovation is continuing this year, with the Endocrine/Diabetes and Allergy/Asthma scheduled to move to the new location in fall of 2012, and Ophthalmology to follow.
Outpatient visits to the specialty clinics at Children's Mercy have increased by an average of 10 percent every year for the past 10 years. The purchase and renovation of the Broadway building is allowing CMH to expand clinic capacity to better meet this growing demand for our services and provide additional space more quickly than new construction would provide.
In December, the Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic moved into renovated space on the second floor of the main hospital vacated after the PCC move to Broadway.
Children's Mercy South
Overland Park, Kan.
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The Tom Watson Emergency Department
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The Tom Watson Emergency Department at Children's Mercy South opened in October 2011, providing the only full-time pediatric emergency service in the state of Kansas and the only pediatric emergency service in the southern half of metropolitan Kansas City.
New space was acquired and renovated to allow for growth and expansion of the Children's Mercy College Boulevard Clinics located at 5520 College Blvd. In January, expansion efforts continued with re-launching urgent care services with the opening of Children's Mercy Urgent Care College Boulevard on the first floor of the building.
Children's Mercy Northland - Hearing and Speech
501 N. W. Barry Road
Kansas City, Mo.
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Children's Mercy Northland
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Construction on Children's Mercy Northland Hearing and Speech/Ultrasound facilities has been completed and move-in is expected this month. The new facilities include three therapy rooms and an observation room that also can be used as a therapy room.
