University of kansas health system

Hospital in Kansas, US

The University of Kansas Health System, commonly known as KU Med and formerly known as The University of Kansas Hospital,^[1][2] is a nonprofit, academic medical center located in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, with branch hospitals and education centers in Topeka, Kansas, Great Bend, Kansas, and Lawrence, Kansas.

It is the region's only nationally verified Level I Trauma Center.^[3] In 1998, it became an independent entity that receives no funding from the state of Kansas.^[4] The hospital is affiliated with the University of Kansas Medical Center, which comprises the schools of medicine, nursing and allied health.

The University of Kansas Health System combines education, research and patient care with over 15,000 employees.^[5] Physicians represent more than 200 specialties.

The center has 993 staffed beds; there were 1,753,607 outpatient visits, 62,579 inpatie