Built for kids.™
Bringing world-class pediatric care to Southwest Missouri
Time to celebrate! Starting in November, Children’s Mercy and Mercy Springfield Communities are teaming up to bring expanded pediatric services and specialized care to families across Southwest Missouri. This means more kids will have access to nationally ranked specialty care, groundbreaking research and compassionate services – right in their own community. We're growing along the families we serve, because Children’s Mercy is built for kids. Read more about our expanded services and partnership.
Together, We Illuminate a Path to Better Mental Health for Kids
Children’s Mercy is leading a bold initiative to address the youth mental health crisis affecting 1 in 5 children, powered by community champions and rooted in compassionate pediatric care.
When the Levees Failed, Children’s Mercy Prevailed 20 Years Later: A Hurricane Katrina Retrospective
20 years ago, more than 20 children were rescued from the rising floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina and airlifted to Children’s Mercy. Our Critical Care Transport team flew into the storm to rescue as many sick kids as possible. Read the story of I’zelion, one of the young patients, as well as reflections from several of our team members who were part of the rescue mission.
10 Years of Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing at Children’s Mercy
The Children’s Mercy Clinical Genetics and Genomics Lab (CGGL) — the first genome center embedded in a pediatric hospital — has an important anniversary this year: 10 years ago, the lab was the first in the U.S. to offer clinical whole genome sequencing to patients.
