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Pediatric Bioethics: Communicating Serious News: The Added Challenge of Health Literacy Gaps in Difficult Conversations
Column Author: Stephanie K. Kukora, MD | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Column Editor: Brian S. Carter, MD |
Vaccine Update: Microneedle Patches May Help Overcome Immunization Barriers
Column Author: Yvonne M Carter, MSN, APRN II, FNP-C Column Editor: Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH | Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Center for Wellbeing A study...
Evidence Based Strategies: Sudden Scares: Understanding Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (BRUE)
Column Author: Tess Schultz, DO | Resident PGY 3 Column Editor: Angela D. Etzenhouser, MD, FAAP | Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program A brief resolved unexplained event...
Wise Use of Antibiotics: Shifting From Stewardship to Sustainability
Column Author: Annie Wirtz, PharmD, BCPPS Column Editor: Rana El Feghaly, MD, MSCI | Director, Infectious Diseases Clinical Services; Director, Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Program...
ECMO: What to Expect
Your health care team is here for you and wants to make sure you understand ECMO and how ECMO is affecting your child. Please ask your care team any questions that you have. Here are answers to some of...
4 things to know about seasonal allergies
We may still be seeing some chilly days, but allergies are in full effect. Chances are, if you’re not sneezing and itching, someone in your family is. Despite how common seasonal allergies are, many people...
Parent Support Program
The Parent Support Program at our Kansas City Adele Hall Campus offers comfort, support, encouragement, and guidance to caregivers. When a baby or child is sick and in the hospital, it can be stressful for...
Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization
The Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization provides guidance to Children’s Mercy staff on intellectual property and technology commercialization matters. It identifies, evaluates, protects...
School Based Social Work Program
The Children’s Mercy School Based Social Work Program is a partnership between Children’s Mercy and Blue Valley School District that began in 2017 as a front-line intervention program supporting the social...
NICU PFAC Members
Barb Carr Kallie Kirk View Story Erika Mendence Meg Murphy View Story Jim Pryde Brianna Schmitz View Story Aisha Walker View Story Lauren Ward View Story Hi! I'm Barb Carr and I'm proud to be a member...
Evidence Based Strategies: G-Tube Troubleshooting: Tips and Tricks for the Primary Care Provider
Gastrostomy tube (i.e., G-tube) placement is one of the most common surgical procedures in pediatrics, with an estimated 1.4 million children born every year with a condition that requires assisted feeding...
Hem/Onc/BMT PFAC Members
Hem/Onc/BMT Members Chalene Base Rosaland Daniels Sarah Dippel Ryan Faddis Kirsten Finn Tracy Gay Bethany Luther View Story Tracy Nagel Michelle Pixler Lori Werth I am a proud mother of 3 daughters...
Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy
The ketogenic diet—high in fat and very low in carbohydrates—helps children whose epilepsy does not respond well to medications alone.
Video Resources for Equity and Diversity: "Walking the Talk"
"Walking the Talk" communicates the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion to the Children's Mercy mission and vision. Topics include race equality, faith traditions, misconceptions about...
Orthopedics Team
Meet the Orthopedics team at Children's Mercy.
Treatment Options
Treatment plans will be based on the best available, evidence-based therapies for treating headaches in children. Opioid pain medications are not prescribed by our clinic, since research has shown that...
Best Children's Hospitals: Children's Mercy Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Children's Mercy is proud to be named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's best children's hospitals, ranking in all 11 pediatric specialties.
Whole Genome Sequencing
The Genomic Medicine Center began offering clinical whole genome sequencing (WGS) on a limited basis to Children’s Mercy patients in 2015. The Center was one of the first laboratories in the world offering...
Wellbeing Programs
CM Well Together, the Center for Wellbeing and Take CARE Wellbeing Program provide a host of tools and resources to help you remove barriers, achieve your wellbeing goals and increase your joy at work and...
Pediatric Motility
Pediatric motility The Children's Mercy Pediatric Motility program, part of the nationally recognized Division of Gastroenterology, offers some of the best pediatric care for children with all types of...