University of Kansas Hospital
| The University of Kansas Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°03′21″N 94°36′33″W / 39.05583°N 94.60917°W |
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| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Affiliated university | University of Kansas, University of Kansas Medical Center |
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| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Founded | 1906 |
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| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
The University of Kansas Hospital is a nonprofit, academic medical center located in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It is the region's only nationally verified Level I Trauma Center. In 1998, it became an independent entity that receives no funding from the state of Kansas. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Kansas Medical Center, which comprises the schools of medicine, nursing and allied health. The University of Kansas Hospital combines education, research and patient care. Physicians represent more than 200 specialties.
The center has 623 staffed beds; per year, there are 298,920 outpatient visits, 27,380 inpatient admissions and 47,771 emergency department visits.. The center performs annually 10,124 inpatient and 8,743 outpatient surgeries.
Founded in 1906, KU Medical Center is a campus of the University of Kansas and offers educational programs through its Schools of Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Graduate Studies. The campus consists of academic units operating alongside The University of Kansas Hospital, which provides opportunities for clinical experience and residency positions.
The 'University of Kansas School of Medicine in Lawrence began as a one-year premedical course in 1880 and then offered a two-year course in 1899. It became a four-year school on April 21, 1905, when three private medical schools in the Kansas City area merged: the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Kansas City Medical College and the Medico-Chirurgical College.
In 1906, Dr. Simeon Bishop Bell (May 13, 1820 – January 16, 1913) donated the land and cash totaling more than $100,000 to establish the original Eleanor Taylor Bell Hospital, in honor of his wife.
That same year, the School of Medicine moved into the hospital, located on "Goat Hill" in Rosedale, at what is now Southwest Boulevard and 7th Street, in Kansas City, Kansas. Basic sciences were still taught in Lawrence, while clinical studies were taught at the Rosedale facility. A School of Nursing was also established in 1906.
In the early 1920s, the medical school moved south to its present location at 39th and Rainbow Boulevard, and in the late 1940s, it was renamed the University of Kansas Medical Center. During the 1960s and 1970s, all studies moved to Kansas City, the School of Allied Health was established, and a new hospital officially opened in 1979.
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