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University Health Lakewood Medical Center

Kansas City, MO64139
Non-ProfitRuralAcute Care HospitalsCCN 260102

University Health (UH) has all the things you expect from a great health system. With two acute care academic hospital locations, the largest, most comprehensive behavioral health program in the area, a long-term care facility and multiple primary care practices, UH provides the highest quality care – from routine screenings to the most complicated cases. We are the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, so our doctors are academic specialists who teach tomorrow’s doctors the very latest updates. University Health Truman Medical Center, our downtown campus, is one of the busiest Level One Trauma Center in the city. Providers offer the full range of services with specialties in chronic disease management, high risk pregnancy and sleep disorders along with the state-of-the art Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center. University Health 1, located at 2101 Charlotte Street is an outpatient care and day-surgery center, with sixteen clinics including Sabates Eye Center, Plastic Surgery, Hernia repair and Medical Imaging with Siemens 3D Mammography. At University Health 2, 2211 Charlotte St, providers offer Primary and Women's Care. In eastern Jackson County, University Health Lakewood Medical Center sits on 300 acres of beautiful wooded grounds. We are a community hospital providing the continuum of care— from emergency medicine to a nationally-certified orthopaedic joint replacement program — as well as The Family Birthplace, We have several family medical care centers and a radiology center, Medical Imaging Eastland, that provides the latest in technology and specialized breast cancer care. Mission University Health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Quality ratings

Star Rating
2 / 5
Overall rating
Safety Grade
B
Hospital safety
Patient Experience
Patient satisfaction
Beds
305
Inpatient capacity
24/7 EmergencyBirthing-Friendly

Annual volume

Admissions
4,256
Per year
ED visits
24,775
Per year
Daily census
206
Average
FT personnel
811
Staff count

Surgical volume

Inpatient surgeries
478
Per year
Outpatient surgeries
2,507
Per year

Services on site

MRI

Industry payments (2024)

Total
$17K
All industry payments
Research
$0
Research payments
Payments
7
Transaction count
  • Stryker Corporation$17K

Source: CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) — drug and device-maker payments to this teaching hospital.

On LinkedIn

Employees
2,904
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Followers
16,835
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Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
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Location

Kansas City, MO-KSJackson County

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