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Oct. 24, 2012
Saint Luke’s Health system announces partnership in The BJC Collaborative
Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City, Mo., BJC HealthCare of St. Louis, Mo., CoxHealth of Springfield, Mo., and Memorial Health System of Springfield, Ill., today announced they have partnered together to create The BJC Collaborative, L.L.C.
Oct. 16, 2012
Mastery over MS
Steve Alden had noticed the odd occurrences for years—his constant fatigue and lack of depth perception, his tendency to trip, that strange tingling sensation in his fingers. And how words were starting to elude him, especially adjectives.
Oct. 16, 2012
Headstrong

Plagued by seizures since childhood, Carol Salinas’ life had been a roller coaster.

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Sep. 21, 2012
The Turning Point
Matt Cobern found his old self again — by losing 135 pounds.
Aug. 7, 2012
Debra White selected for highly competitive Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national nurse fellowship
Debra White, RN, MSN, MSA, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, vice president and chief nursing officer at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, has been named one of only 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows from across the country for 2012. White joins a select group of nurse leaders chosen to participate in this three-year, world-class leadership development program that is enhancing nurse leaders’ effectiveness in improving the nation’s health care system.
Aug. 7, 2012
Katherine Howell named Chief Nurse Executive
Saint Luke’s South Hospital CEO Katherine A. Howell, RN, BSN, MBA, has been appointed senior vice president and chief nurse executive for Saint Luke’s Health System.
Jul. 17, 2012
Saint Luke’s Hospital ranked in U.S. News & World Report list of Best Hospitals
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City ranks #6 in Missouri, #2 in the Kansas City metro area and is recognized among the Best Hospitals in northwestern Missouri according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals rankings, released today.
Jun. 26, 2012
Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute receives Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.

Jun. 20, 2012
GE Healthcare names Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute its first healthymagination Stroke Solution Site

Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute (SLNI) has earned GE Healthcare’s healthymagination first-ever validation of a stroke program based on a rigorous third-party review by Oxford Analytica. The review showed that the program’s coordinated use of people, process, and technology yields better outcomes for people with strokes.