Overland Park Regional Medical Center
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| name = Overland Park Regional Medical Center
| org/group = HCA Midwest Division
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| location = 10500 Quivira Road, Overland Park
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| state = Kansas
| country = United States
| network = HCA Midwest Division
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| emergency = Level II Trauma Center
| helipad = {{Airport codes|||SN54|p=n}}
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| beds = 343
| founded = 1978
| former-names = Suburban Medical Center,
Humana Hospital-Overland Park
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| website = {{URL|https://hcamidwest.com/locations/overland-park-regional-medical-center/}}
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Overland Park Regional Medical Center is a 343-bed acute care hospital located in Overland Park, Kansas.{{cite web |last1=Moxley |first1=Elle |title=Expanded Overland Park Regional Medical Center Opens | website=KCUR 89.3 | date=August 19, 2014 | url=https://www.kcur.org/health/2014-08-19/expanded-overland-park-regional-medical-center-opens | access-date=March 11, 2022}} It is part of the HCA Midwest Division.
History
Suburban Medical Center{{cite web |title=Inside JCPRD: Johnson County’s hospitals and healthcare systems |website=Johnson County Post |date=July 1, 2020 |url=https://johnsoncountypost.com/2020/07/01/inside-jcprd-johnson-countys-hospitals-and-healthcare-systems-95666/ |access-date=May 29, 2025}} was originally established by Humana in December 1978.{{cite web |last1=Sherry |first1=Mark |title=Overland Park Regional Medical Center plans expansion |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2010/05/17/story1.html |website=Kansas City Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals |access-date=March 10, 2022 |date=May 16, 2010}}{{cite web |title=Kansas' 50 Most Impactful Companies |website=Ingram's |date=November 2024 |url=https://ingrams.com/article/kansas-50-most-impactful-companies/ |access-date=May 29, 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Jay |title=Humana Hospital to change its name |work=Kansas City Star |date=March 11, 1993 |page=B1}} In 1993, Columbia/HCA acquired the hospital as part of its expansion into the Kansas City area. The company announced the facility would be renamed Overland Park Regional Medical Center and would undergo a $25 million expansion.{{cite web |last=Becker |first=Michael |title=Hospital joint venture is finalized |website=Kansas City Business Journal |date=January 3, 1999 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/1999/01/04/story3.html |access-date=May 29, 2025}} In 1999, Columbia/HCA and Health Midwest entered discussions about a joint venture, which included the management of several local hospitals, including Overland Park Regional.
In 2002, HCA completed the acquisition of Health Midwest, bringing Overland Park Regional Medical Center under its ownership.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=M. Steele |title=HCA wins in bidding, now faces hard choices |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2002/10/21/story1.html |website=Kansas City Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals |access-date=March 10, 2022 |date=October 20, 2002}} In 2014, the hospital underwent a $120 million expansion, adding a new emergency department and trauma center, a three-story patient tower, and a new parking garage to support its growing patient base.{{cite web |last1=Bavley |first1=Alan |title=Overland Park Regional celebrates $110 million expansion |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article1250283.html |website=The Kansas City Star |access-date=March 10, 2022 |date=August 18, 2014}}
Dr. Raymond Brovont, an emergency room physician at Overland Park was fired in January 2017 after raising concerns that low physician staffing levels at the hospital endangered patients. In 2018, a jury awarded him a $26 million dollar judgment for wrongful termination.{{Cite news |date=April 15, 2021 |title=Emergency Physician Wins $26M in Wrongful Termination Suit |url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/92111 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240516053541/https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/92111 |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Some doctors say a focus on profits is hurting health care in U.S. ERs |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/doctor-fired-er-warns-effect-profit-firms-us-health-care-rcna19975 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
Facilities
The campus includes the main hospital building, doctors' building, outpatient clinics, and a parking garage. Available facilities include an emergency department and level II trauma center, dedicated pediatric emergency department, catheterization laboratory, intensive care unit, labor and delivery, level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and outpatient care.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://hcamidwest.com/locations/overland-park-regional-medical-center/about/ |website=HCA Midwest Health |access-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422003319/https://hcamidwest.com/locations/overland-park-regional-medical-center/about/ |archive-date=April 22, 2021}}
References
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Category:Buildings and structures in Overland Park, Kansas
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