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Providence Medical Group Physician Offices Closed Feb. 17
Brrr. It’s cold out there! We want our patients to remain safe and avoid driving with inclement weather in our area. Please note the following Providence Medical Group physician office locations are closed Thursday, Feb. 17. Please call your office...
Providence named a Healthgrades 2022 America’s Best Hospital™
Providence Medical Center has been named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals™, placing it in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the country and an overall leader in clinical excellence, according to Healthgrades. This is the 5th consecutive year...
Providence Emergency Room and Cardiac Staff Save Topeka Man’s Life
It was a normal Saturday recently for the Davis family from Topeka. Scott Davis and his wife Jessica were in Kansas City for their sons’hockey matches. Scott is the coach and between their sons’ sporting activities and daughter’s dance...
Providence Medical Center Among Top 5% of Hospitals in Clinical Outcomes in Nation According to Healthgrades
Providence Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, announced in a special ceremony with local dignitaries that it has received the Healthgrades 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™. The distinction recognizes...
Providence Receives An “A” For Patient Safety In Fall 2017 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, recently released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide based on their...
Providence Medical Center Named To America’s 100 Best For Orthopedic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Care And General Surgery
Providence Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, released today that it has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for Orthopedic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Care and General Surgery (2 years in a...
Providence Medical Center Earns Level IV Trauma Designation
Providence Medical Center, has earned the designation of a Level IV Trauma Center by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, making it one of just a handful of state-designated trauma centers in the Kansas City Kansas area...
How Providence Orthopedics Helped a Piper Athlete Get Back on the Field
After jumping and turning too fast during a Piper High School basketball game, 18-year-old Ashtin Letcher felt a tightness in his knee and limped off the court. “I could walk,” Ashtin says, “but I couldn’t bend my knee.” The next day,...
Providence Physician Plants Seeds of Good Health
To look at Russell King, M.D., a board-certified family physician with Providence Medical Group-Family Medical Group, you might think he's better suited to golfing than gardening, but you'd be wrong. Dr. King, along with members of the...
Interventional Cardiologist Brings Expertise to Providence Medical Center
Prashanth Katrapati, M.D., a cardiologist who is fellowship trained in interventional cardiology, has joined Providence Medical Group Cardiology, Kansas City, Kan. His office is conveniently located on the Providence Medical Center...
Menopause? Exercise can help!
A recent study conducted in Finland shows that women who get the recommended of exercise tend to be happier and have less symptoms of menopause. They surveyed 2606 women all whom were 49; the results suggested women who exercise the...
Urologist Joins Providence and Saint John Medical Staffs
Steve Waxman, M.D., a board-certified urologist, has joined the medical staffs at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., and Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth, Kan. Dr. Waxman practices with Roy Oyer, D.O., another board-certified...