Topeka Relocation Guide 2008 - (Page 38) Healthcare Topeka’s regional medical community is nationally recognized for offering high-quality, low-cost care. Two general hospitals and five specialized hospitals provide a multitude of community outreach services, including neighborhood clinics, prevention programs, and services for children and low-income individuals. The hospitals collectively employ approximately 8,000 persons. Specialized infant care, rehabilitation services, surgical procedures, older adult programs, and comprehensive heart services are offered in high-tech, newly remodeled facilities. Over 358 physicians from 43 specialties are members of the Shawnee County Medical Society. The Kansas Dental Board reports there are 86 practicing dentists in Shawnee County. Central Topeka Medical Area *Denotes Chamber member general MeDiCal hoSPitalS *St. Francis Health Center 1700 SW Seventh Street Topeka, Kansas 66606 785-295-8000 www.stfrancistopeka.org St. Francis Health Center is a 378-bed healthcare facility and a member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. St. Francis offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, orthopedic, diabetes, surgical, rehabilitation, inpatient and outpatient services, and other programs to meet the healthcare needs of northeast Kansans. St. Francis offers state-of-the art diagnostic and imaging capabilities, including digital mammography, a 40-slice PET/CT, and a 64-slice Cardiac CT. St. Francis Health Center is one of only 400 hospitals worldwide and the only hospital west of Kansas City and east of Denver to offer daVinci surgical technology. *Stormont-Vail HealthCare 1500 SW 10th Street Topeka, Kansas 66604 785-354-6000 www.stormontvail.org Stormont-Vail HealthCare is a health system comprised of a 586-bed major regional medical center, Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, and 160 primary care and specialty physicians in the Cotton-O’Neil division. The system serves the region through its network of more Topek a Reloc at ion Gu ide 20 08 than 20 outpatient care facilities located in northeast Kansas. Stormont-Vail has the region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care unit, the region’s only verified Trauma Center, and opened the newly constructed Cotton-O’Neil Cancer Center in 2007. Construction of a new Emergency Department and Trauma Center is underway and is expected to be completed in late 2008. If you are new to the area and need a physician, call Stormont-Vail’s Health Connections at 785-354-5225. Staff is available with information on the more than 160 Cotton-O’Neil physicians, including those who are accepting new patients. Note: Both hospitals maintain emergency departments and have emergency room physicians on call. SPeCializeD hoSPitalS *Colmery-O’Neil Veterans Adminstration Medical Center 2200 SW Gage Topeka, Kansas 66622 785-350-3111 This VA Medical Center, part of the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, 38 http://www.stfrancistopeka.org http://www.stormontvail.org
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