QUALITY OF CARE
Our key quality measures in fiscal 2009 placed us among the leading hospitals in the country. And we earned those achievements one patient at a time, as these stories illustrate.
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Getting a New Lease on Life after Spine Surgery
Getting older shouldn't mean being sidelined from your favorite activities -- and Charles Burton is living proof. Read more. |
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Combining Newest Advances with Compassion
A pioneer in robotic-assisted surgeries for prostate cancer at The University of Kansas Hospital, Brantley Thrasher, MD, is an expert in the very latest medical advances in his field. Read more. |
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Putting Patients First in the Cancer Lab
Medical technologist, lab manager, patient educator – and airport chauffeur. After 22 years with the hospital, Dean Merkel, MT, answers to all those titles, and countless others. Read more. |
VIDEO PROFILES
Janet Wisner, RN
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A device as simple as a plastic bag has improved the health of premature babies, thanks to a 30-year nurse and the Neonatal Intensive Care team. |
Brian Weiford, MD
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What does the hospital's success with the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program mean for our heart patients? Cardiologist Brian Weiford explains. |