one of a kind care - Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

honors and
awards
The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations gave Children’s Mercy a perfect score for
meeting all of the commission’s quality and safety standards.
After a five-day survey at Children’s Mercy – during which Joint
Commission surveyors followed patients through their stays,
interviewed dozens of employees and evaluated many clinical
processes – JCAHO issued its final report which contained no
requirements for improvement.
Asthma management programs at
Children’s Mercy that keep kids out of
the emergency room and reduce medical
costs were named best in the
country in two national competitions.
The Asthma program was awarded the
Environmental Protection Agency’s National
Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management and
the 2005 Making A Difference Award from the national Allergy &
Asthma Network: Mothers of Asthmatics.
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded Children’s
Mercy Hospitals and Clinics the Collaborative 75 Percent
Award for achieving an organ donation rate of greater than 75
percent – meaning that whenever doctors, nurses, chaplains and
representatives
from the Midwest
Transplant Network
Karen Cox, RN, PhD,
Senior Vice President for
Patient Care Services
at Children’s Mercy
Hospitals and Clinics, was
inducted as a fellow in
the American Academy of
Nursing. Dr. Cox is one of
only a handful of nurses
in the Kansas City area ever to be selected
by their peers for their outstanding
contributions to nursing and health care.
approached
potential organ
donors’ families at
Children’s Mercy
and asked if they
would donate their
child’s organs, more
than 75 percent
of the time the
families said yes.
new
staff
Kevin Kelly, MD,
joined the staff of
Children’s Mercy
Hospitals and Clinics
in September 2005
as Pediatrician-in-
Chief and Associate
Dean for Children’s
Mercy programs at
the University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Medicine. Dr. Kelly comes
to Children’s Mercy from the Medical
College of Wisconsin, where he had
multiple academic positions, most
recently serving as the Associate
Dean of Clinical Affairs and Professor
of Pediatrics and Medicine.
Sandra A.J.
Lawrence was
named Executive
Vice President/Chief
Financial Officer for
Children’s Mercy
Hospitals and
Clinics in December
2005. She is a past
board member of Children’s Mercy
and the Children’s Mercy Hospital
Foundation.
Lanny
Rosenwasser, MD,
joined the hospital
in May 2005 as the
first Dee Lyons/
Missouri Endowed
Chair in Pediatric
Immunology
Research at
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and
Clinics.
In 2005, Children’s Mercy added 37
employed or contracted physicians
representing 17 subspecialties to the
medical staff.
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