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Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in the News

2012

• 1/1/2012: Children’s Mercy Urgent Care College Boulevard Opens Its Doors

• 11/28/2011: Children’s Mercy Cardiologist Named Governor of the Missouri Chapter of the American College of Cardiology
• 10/31/2011: Children’s Mercy Nurses Take Home Top Honors at the Inaugural March of Dimes Future of Nursing Awards
• 10/26/2011: Children’s Mercy Establishes New Integrated Pediatric Network to Coordinate Care for Pediatric Medicaid Patients
• 10/24/2011: Children's Mercy and KUMC Launch Joint Childhood Obesity Center
• 10/17/2011: Study Shows Pediatric Burns Heal With Fewer Treatments
• 10/14/2011: Study Reveals More Than Half of Overweight and Obese Children Do Not Receive Follow-Up Instructions On Their Weight From Their Pediatrician
• 10/7/2011: Children’s Mercy To Open The Tom Watson Emergency Department At Children’s Mercy South
• 9/30/2011: Children’s Mercy Chosen to Participate in National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality’s Collaborate for Healthy Weight
• 9/26/2011: The Children’s Mercy Pediatric Bioethics Center Joins a Nationwide Consortium Studying the Ethical Issues Surrounding Returning Research Results
• 9/26/2011: Parents Get Tough Questions Answered by Top Pediatric Health Experts in New Podcast Series
• 9/08/2011: Children’s Mercy Warns Supporters of Door-to-Door Sales Scam
• 9/01/2011: Children’s Mercy A Part of Nationwide Taskforce To Focus On A Fitter Future
• 8/30/2011: New Survey Shows Obesity Ranks Low on List of Ailments
  • Survey Findings: Perspectives on Pediatric Obesity
• 8/01/2011: New Pediatric Health Video Series from Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
• 7/29/2011: Ten Children’s Mercy Physicians Selected Among the Nation’s Top Doctors
• 6/30/2011: Children's Mercy Physician Selected for Key Appointments with American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• 6/23/2011: Children's Mercy East Groundbreaking (Video)
• 6/20/2011: Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics breaks ground on Children’s Mercy East
• 6/14/2011: Children’s Mercy Collaborates with KU Medical Center on $20 million grant
• 5/23/2011: Children’s Mercy Hospital Receives Six Pediatric Patients after Joplin Tornado
• 5/23/2011: Children’s Mercy Hospital’s Response to May 22 Tornado in Joplin
• 5/17/2011: Children’s Mercy Ranked Among the Best Pediatric Hospitals in All 10 Specialties Ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals”
• 5/11/2011: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Announces Launch of New Center for Environmental Health at Children’s Mercy Hospital
• 5/10/2011: Children’s Mercy partners with the March of Dimes in leading the charge to improve the health of babies throughout the region
• 5/06/2011: Children’s Mercy Hospital Receives Five Year $640,000 NIH Grant
• 5/04/2011: Children's Mercy Neonatologist Elected President of Missouri State Medical Association
• 5/02/2011: Children’s Mercy Clinics on Broadway Opens May 2nd
• 4/26/2011: Children's Mercy Receives Five Year $1.46 Million NIH Grant to Fund Neonatal Research
• 4/08/2011: Children's Mercy Receives Five Year $822,000 NIH Grant to Fund Pediatric Pharmacology Research
• 4/06/2011: Children’s Mercy Advice and Experts at Your Fingertips With New Apps
• 3/28/2011: Children's Mercy Delivers First Baby at New Fetal Health Center
• 2/24/2011: Children’s Mercy Announces Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation Program
• 2/02/2011: Children's Mercy reopens both Children’s Mercy Northland and Children’s Mercy South Urgent Care Centers today after weather closings
• 2/01/2011: Inclement weather closes both Children’s Mercy South and Northland Urgent Care Centers
• 2/01/2011: Inclement weather closes Children’s Mercy Northland Urgent Care Center and postpones outpatient clinics after 12PM today

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