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For patients

During your stay at Research Medical Center, from diagnosis through recovery, we prioritize your safety and care in Kansas City, Missouri.

Information, guidance and resources for our patients

At HCA Midwest Research Medical Center, we know that having a family member or loved one in the hospital can be extremely stressful, so we strive to provide all the amenities you need so you can focus on what is important.

Patient Resources

Patient Financial Resources

Pay my bill

Medical records

Online registration

We know your time is valuable. That’s why we offer convenient online registration for services such as surgical procedures, mammograms, and diagnostic tests and treatments.

Participating insurance plans

We accept all forms of government insurance from the U.S., Canada and other countries. We also accept Medicare , Medicaid , Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) , and workers compensation.

Advance care planning

Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to give directions for your future medical care. Advance directives help you protect your right to request or refuse care.

Patient rights and responsibilities

We respect the dignity and pride of each individual we serve. We want our patients to be informed of their rights, responsibilities and have access to contacts for complaints and grievances.

Checking into the hospital

Your doctor or the department performing your test will give you an appointment time and instructions for your arrival at the hospital. If you have an appointment, please arrive a few minutes early to complete paperwork. We will ask you to sign consent and release forms authorizing hospital personnel to provide the services your physician has requested for you. You will have an identification band during your stay. This helps ensure you receive the proper treatments and medications.

Leaving the hospital

Our medical staff will work to help you recover as quickly as possible. When your doctor determines that you are well enough to leave the hospital, you will receive detailed discharge procedures. The time you leave depends upon when your physician writes your discharge orders. Before leaving your room, please check for any articles you may have missed in packing. While every effort will be made to locate misplaced articles, the hospital is not responsible for articles left in your room. Please follow any instructions you have been given concerning your health and medications carefully. If you do not understand these instructions, please ask a nurse prior to leaving. If you require home health or hospice care, we will be happy to assist you in making arrangements.

Health education and resources

• Turn For The Better
• Consult-A-Nurse
• Health Risk Assessments

Hospital amenities

• Assistance with overnight accommodations for patient support companions
• Cappuccino machines
• Covered parking
• Family meeting rooms
• Flower shop
• Notary public
• Patient advocates
• Patient mail
• Private and semi-private rooms
• Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) access - free

Research Medical Center amenities for patients and families

Having a loved one admitted to the hospital means family likes to be close-which can be challenging if you have to travel several hours. But for many patients and families seeking care at Research Medical Center, that's exactly what they do to access higher levels of specialized care. Research Medical Center is answering the needs of these patients and families with more guest services. The hospital offers greeters and 24-hour security, and every employee is trained to help visitors find their way—all with an eye toward helping patients and families feel more comfortable. Other amenities include an on-site pharmacy, coffee shop serving Starbucks coffee, chapel and dine-in or carryout meal options. Learn more by calling: (816) 276-4000 .

Translation services

Research Medical Center offers free interpretation services for patients and families who are of limited English Proficiency (LEP). Hospital interpreters or contracted services (who work with a variety of languages) are provided upon request. Please speak with your nurse or any member of your care team.

Accessibility services for disabled persons

Other access features of Research Medical Center include:

• Convenient off-street parking designated specifically for disabled persons
• Curb cuts and ramps between parking areas and buildings
• Level access into first floor level with elevator access to all other floors
• Fully accessible offices, meeting rooms, bathrooms, public waiting areas, cafeteria, patient treatment areas, including exam rooms and patient wards
• Qualified sign language interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing
• A 24 hr telecommunications device (TTY/TDD) which can connect the caller to all extensions within the facility and/or portable (TTY/TDD) units for use by persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired.
• Readers and taped material for the blind and large print materials for the visually impaired
• Flash cards, alphabet boards and other communication boards
• Assistive devices for persons with impaired manual skills.

Safety & security

Electrical Appliances

Please inform your caregiver if you brought small electrical appliances such as a hair dryer or razor. For your safety, such appliances need to be checked to make sure their cords are safe.

Fire Safety

If you hear a fire alarm (chimes or bells) or see flashing lights, please stay where you are until you receive further instructions from your caregiver. During an alarm, please leave all fire doors closed for your protection.

Locked Units

To ensure the safety of our patients, some units are locked from approximately 7:00pm - 7:00am, or as needed for security reasons. Please follow instructions on the doors to gain access to the unit.

Lost and Found

If you get home and discover something was left behind, please call Guest Services at (816) 276-4180 to see if it was placed in Lost and Found.

Special regulations are in effect in areas where patients are receiving oxygen. Electrically-operated equipment and aerosol products are not permitted. Absolutely no smoking is permitted in the hospital.

Any safety concern needs to be reported to your caregiver, manager or by calling Security at (816) 276-4411 .

Security/Public Safety

Our hospitals have an in-house security department, which provides many services for patients and visitors 24 hours a day. Some of these services include: lost and found, escort services to vehicles, and vehicle assistance. If you need help, contact the nursing staff or call (816) 276-4411 or only extension 4411 from within the hospital.

To maintain a healthy and safe environment for patients and visitors, Research Medical Center is a tobacco free (including cigarettes, electric cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, pipes, etc.) facility both inside and outside. Tobacco use is not allowed in any of our buildings or on areas maintained by Research Medical Center including grounds, parking lots, ramps, sidewalks, plazas and owned/leased Research Medical Center vehicles. (This policy complies with a standard enacted by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.)

If you have questions about our tobacco-free policy or cessation options that are available while you're on our campus, please talk with your caregiver.

Research Medical Center

Kansas City, MO

High Performing

Patient experience.

Medical Surgical ICU

Cardiac ICU

Bariatric/Weight Control Services

Addiction Treatment Services

Onsite Emergency Department

Doctors at Research Medical Center

U.S. News has extensive information in each doctor's profile to help you find the best one for you.

Amel T. Abbas PA

Palm Springs, CA

Physician Assistant

General Neurosurgery PA

Joel D. Ackerman MD

Lee's Summit, MO

Anesthesiology

Pain Medicine

Hameed Ahmad MD

General Nephrology

Iftekhar Ahmed MD

General Neurology

Tamatha M. Alexander NP

Independence, MO

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Kelly R. Alford MD

Syed M. Ali MD

Kingwood, TX

Emergency Medicine

General Emergency Medicine

Hamza Alshami MD

Pulmonology

Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine

Ashley Antovich MD

Modesto, CA

Family Medicine

Kavitha K. Arabindoo MD

General Family Medicine

Alexandr V. Arakelov MD

Oluyomi Asojo MD

Hematopathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Nathaniel K. Ballek MD

Overland Park, KS

General Urology

Gregory L. Barnhill DO

North Kansas City, MO

Orthopedics

General Orthopedic Surgery

Robert M. Beatty MD

Fairway, KS

Neurosurgery

General Neurosurgery

Revathi N. Bhat MD

Geriatric Medicine

General Geriatrics

Daniel K. Bixler MD

Blue Springs, MO

Timothy L. Blackburn MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Margo L. Block DO

Kansas City, KS

Neurophysiology

Stephen A. Bloom MD

Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Non-Invasive Cardiology

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• Heart Bypass Surgery
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• Neurosurgeons
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Quality Rankings & Ratings

To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients.

Adult Rankings

Procedures and Conditions Related to Cancer

Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery

Procedures and Conditions Related to Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery

Diabetes & Endocrinology

Procedures and Conditions Related to Diabetes & Endocrinology

Gastroenterology & GI Surgery

Procedures and Conditions Related to Gastroenterology & GI Surgery

Procedures and Conditions Related to Nephrology

Neurology & Neurosurgery

Procedures and Conditions Related to Neurology & Neurosurgery

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Procedures and Conditions Related to Obstetrics & Gynecology

Procedures and Conditions Related to Orthopedics

Pulmonology & Lung Surgery

Procedures and Conditions Related to Pulmonology & Lung Surgery

Rehabilitation

Procedures and Conditions Related to Urology

Scores are based on surveys taken from this hospital’s inpatients after they were discharged inquiring about different aspects of their stay. The scores are not used in the Best Hospitals rankings.

Satisfaction with the hospital overall

How the patient felt about their hospital stay and discharge overall.

Willingness to recommend

Willingness of patients to recommend this hospital to others.

Satisfaction with doctors’ communications

How patients rated physicians in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.

Satisfaction with nurses’ communications

How patients rated nurses in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.

Satisfaction with efforts to prevent medication harm

How well medications, how they were to be taken, and side effects were explained before they were administered.

Satisfaction with quality of discharge information

How well staff reviewed adequacy of help at home and provided enough information in writing about symptoms and problems to watch for.

Satisfaction with involvement in recovery

How well patients’ wishes were considered in discharge planning and how well patients understood when they left how to care for themselves, what medications they will take and why.

Satisfaction with staff responsiveness

How promptly help was provided when needed or requested.

Satisfaction with hospital room cleanliness

How patients rated the cleanliness of their hospital room and bathroom.

Satisfaction with noise volume

How well patients rated the quietness of their hospital experience.

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Health equity.

Health equity is the absence of unjust and avoidable differences among groups of people, regardless of social, economic, or demographic identification. U.S. News evaluates hospital performance in health equity by analyzing data on various dimensions of equity for historically underserved patients.

Socioeconomic Representation in Access to Care

How well the surrounding community is represented in the population treated by the hospital.

Representation of low-income patients treated at the hospital

How well Medicaid patients are represented in the population treated by the hospital.

Higher than other hospitals

Demographics

Percentage of patients treated by the hospital that are insured by Medicaid

Representation of people from vulnerable neighborhoods

The percentage of patients treated by the hospital who live in more disadvantaged neighborhoods, based on the Area Deprivation Index, which compares socioeconomic disadvantage of neighborhoods at the national and state levels.

Percent of medical patients living in vulnerable neighborhoods nationally

Percent of surgical patients living in vulnerable neighborhoods nationally

Percent of medical patients living in vulnerable neighborhoods statewide

Percent of surgical patients living in vulnerable neighborhoods statewide

Representation by Race & Ethnicity

The percentage of patients treated by the hospital for elective procedures compared to the community. County and state percentages were not included in the calculation of hospital scores.

Representation of non-white patients

Comparable to or higher than the community

Percent of Hospital's patients who were non-white

Percent of community residents who were non-white

Percent of county residents who were non-white

Percent of state residents who were non-white

Representation of Black patients

Percent of Hospital's patients who were Black

Percent of community residents who were Black

Percent of county residents who were Black

Percent of state residents who were Black

Racial Disparities in Outcomes

How successful the hospital is in enabling Black patients to live at home during their first 30 days of recovery, compared to White patients at that hospital. Recovery at home, rather than at a hospital or nursing home, is preferred by most patients and families.

Days at home after knee replacement, hip replacement, or back surgery (spinal fusion)

Days at home after aortic valve replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or heart bypass surgery.

Too few patients to be rated

Charity Care

How well hospital spending on free and discounted care for uninsured patients aligns with the proportion of uninsured in the surrounding community.

Charity care provision for uninsured patients

Certain data used for the health equity analysis was provided by CareJourney and the Dartmouth Atlas Data website.

Elements of the Racial Disparities in Outcomes and Breakdown by Race & Ethnicity measures were developed by CareJourney using data accessed securely through the CMS Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC).

The data set forth at certain elements of the Community Residents Who Accessed Care at This Hospital and Charity Care portions of this Health Equity section were obtained from the Dartmouth Atlas Data website, which was funded by the...

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Contact & Location

Hospital Location

2316 East Meyer Boulevard, Kansas City, MO, 64132-1136

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