Kansas health care experts want to develop more partnerships and policies to protect older residents from abuse. Public health officials with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services and the Kansas Department for Children and ...
Women in Kansas have a harder time accessing and affording health care than in most other states, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund. The report, published Thursday, ranked Kansas 32nd in the U.S. based on how well the state’s health system works for women. It placed sixth ...
Knowing what career path to take isn’t always easy. Local high school students with an interest in health care can take advantage of a unique opportunity to jump start their careers through the Summer Leadership Academy. Now in its sixth year, LMH Health collaborated with Lawrence Public ...
The call came late on a cold night in February, from the Overland Park nursing home where Georann Whitman’s mom was living. “They said that they found her on the floor,” Whitman said. “She had gotten up in the middle of the night and had fallen.” Whitman’s 86-year-old mom, Ann ...
A significant drop in blood donations has led the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City, which supplies blood to LMH Health and dozens of area hospitals, to declare a blood emergency. The emergency comes during what is often referred to as "trauma season" — the weeks between Memorial ...
It never fails. You get home from an appointment with your doctor and it dawns on you that there’s one question you forgot to ask. You can’t always pick up the phone and reach them, so what should you do? If you’re a patient at LMH Health, use My Patient Portal. “My Patient Portal is a ...