Children's Mercy Kansas City

Children’s Mercy, we believe every kid has amazing potential.

This potential inspires us to offer more leading specialties, to research game-changing innovations, and to provide only the most compassionate, comprehensive care.

Because potential knows no bounds, we are here to help unleash the greatness in every child.

Kids come first at Children’s Mercy. Always have, for more than 120 years. Every day employees work towards our vision:

To create a world of well-being for children

And every day our employees strive to fulfill our mission:

Children's Mercy is a leading independent children's health organization dedicated to holistic care, translational research, breakthrough innovation, and educating the next generation of caregivers.

Together, we transform the health, well-being and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.

Half a million times a year, a child comes to our doors. We take care of them all, fulfilling our non-profit mission, thanks in part to generous individuals, families, businesses and communities. Our world-class child-centered approach and family-centered care comes to life in everything we do.

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But we don’t stop there.

The scientists at our Children’s Mercy Research Institute are relentless in their search for answers. We work diligently every single day, making a difference for children today and into the future.

We’re busy training the next generation of health care providers. Thousands of students each year choose to receive their training here alongside our more than 800 doctors, hundreds of allied health professionals and thousands of nurses. 

Our employees are among the top in their fields, helping not only our kids, but children everywhere. The medical community is counting on us, choosing us regularly to write textbooks and lead professional organizations.

Our care does not end at the walls of the hospital. We have outpatient clinics and urgent care centers that ring the Kansas City metro, as well as clinics in cities across Kansas and Missouri. Our staff participates in more than 60 local- and state-level non-profit boards, advisory committees and government agencies. We provide hundreds of millions of dollars in uncompensated care.

All of this adds up to making Children’s Mercy the absolute best place for children’s medical care in the Kansas City region and one of the best anywhere. Don’t just take it from us:

US News and World Report ranks us near the top in all the categories it measures.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center awarded us its most prestigious honor, Magnet Designation, for the fifth time in 2020.

More than 80 percent of our patients give us a 9 or 10 (10 being best) in quality of care.

We are a “Certified Healthy KC Company,” which recognizes our efforts to create a workplace focused on health and wellness.

But the most important thing to know about us is this: We’re all about children. It’s all we do. And we couldn’t be more honored and proud.