Missouri Department of Health and Seniors Services Names Truman Medical Center Hospital a “Show Me 5” Hospital

July 25, 2014

Gone are the days of whisking away a newborn to the nursery, formula and pacifiers are locked away and breastfeeding is the gold-standard as part of efforts by Truman Medical Center (TMC) Hospital Hill and other hopeful “Baby Friendly” organizations across the country. read more...

Truman Medical Centers Sponsors Fourth-Annual Touchdown Family Fest

July 15, 2014

TMC in conjunction with the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, WIC, Amerigroup, KanCare, Metcalf Bank, Quintiles and Get Your Rear in Gear will hold the fourth-annual Touchdown Family Fest on Saturday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Arrowhead Stadium (1 Arrowhead Drive, Kansas City, Mo). read more...

Truman Medical Centers Recognized by Hospitals & Health Networks as Healthcare’s Most Wired – Advanced Organization

July 9, 2014

TMC has been named for the fourth consecutive year as one of Health Care’s “Most Wired” organizations of 2014 by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association, recognizing TMC for its adoption of technologies to improve patient documentation, advance clinical decision support and evidence-based protocols, reduce the likelihood of medication errors, and rapidly restore access to data in the case of a disaster or outage. Also, for the first time TMC has achieved “Advanced Organization” status, the top two percent of all healthcare organizations surveyed in 2014. read more...

Archive

• 2014

  • Truman Medical Centers Breaks Ground on Hospital Hill Outpatient Center
    June 27, 2014
  • John W. Bluford Medical Pavilion at Truman Medical Centers Unveiled
    June 19, 2014
  • TMC Announces Charlie Shields as New President and CEO
    April 30, 2014
  • TMC Lakeood Welcomes Adam Kramer, DO, and Christie Brock, DO, MBA
    April 14, 2014
  • Doug Brandt, Joins TMC as Associate Chief Financial Officer
    March 3, 2014
  • The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center at Truman Medical Centers
    February 26, 2014
  • TMC President/CEO John W. Bluford Announces Retirement. 
    February 21, 2014 
  • TMC Earns National Recognition for Patient-Centered Care
    February 3, 2014 
  • TMC Healthy Harvest Mobile Market Changing Weekly Route
    January 29, 2014 
  • TMC Lakewood Welcomes Sarah Sudduth, MD
    January 28, 2014 
  • TMC Welcomes Plastic Surgeon Carol Ann Aylward, MD, FACS
    January 13, 2014 
  • Joslin Diabetes Center and Truman Medical Centers Join Forces to Test the Joslin Clinical Analytic Tool (JCAT™)
    January 2, 2014

• 2013

  • TMC Lakewood Introduces Eastland Breast Center
    December 30, 2013 
  • TMC President/CEO John W. Bluford Accepts 2013 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award
    November 21, 2013 
  • ZDG Investments donates building to Truman Medical Centers
    November 19, 2013 
  • TMC Lakewood Welcomes Kelly James, MD, FACS, and Jonathan Patterson, MD
    November 19, 2013 
  • TMC WIC Services Renewed For 2014
    November 11, 2013
  • TMC First in Missouri/Kansas to Earn HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
    November 5, 2013
  • TMC Lakewood Unveils Mobile Dental Coach
    November 4, 2013
  • AHIMA Presents TMC with Grace Award for Innovation in Health Information Management
    October 29, 2013
  • TMC Lakewood Becomes First in Kansas City to Achieve Certification for Hip and Knee Joint Replacement from the Joint Commission
    October 10, 2013
  • Walgreens Pharmacy Opens at TMC Lakewood
    October 8, 2013
  • TMC School of Nurse Anesthesia and UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies Launch a New Nursing Anesthesia Doctoral Program
    September 20, 2013
  • UMKC School of Medicine and TMC Introduce the Department of Neurology and Chair Dr. Anne Foundas
    September 9, 2013
  • TMC Names Niki Lee Donawa Chief Community Relations Officer
    August 28, 2013
  • TMC Lakewood Presents Evening Under the Stars - Sunset at Key West
    August 19, 2013
  • UMKC and TMC Appoint Dr. Mark Bernhardt Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    August 5, 2013
  • TMC recognized for Third Consecutive Year by Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine as One of Health Care's "Most Wired."
    July 10, 2013