Local Hospitals Earn “Medal of Honor” Recognition

Each year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awards Medals of Honor to hospitals in honor of their outstanding work in organ donation.

Midwest Transplant Network (MTN) congratulates these area hospital partners for their excellent work in organ donation that is much-deserving of celebration. MTN is grateful for these and all hospitals’ collaboration toward its mission: “Together, we save lives through organ and tissue donation.”

Hospital Medal of Honor Recipients

For Oct. 1, 2008-March 31, 2010

(Based on organs transplanted per donor data as of July 30, 2010)

Silver Medal

Criteria: 75% conversion rate and 3.75 organs transplanted per donor or 10% DCD

Children’s Mercy Hospital – Kansas City, MO

Overland Park Regional Medical Center – Overland Park, KS

Research Medical Center – Kansas City, MO

Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City – Kansas City, MO

Stormont-Vail Healthcare – Topeka, KS

Truman Medical Center – Kansas City, MO

University Hospital & Clinic – Columbia, MO

University of Kansas Hospital – Kansas City, MO

Via Christi Hospital-St. Francis – Wichita, KS

Bronze Medal

Criteria: 75% conversion rate

Olathe Medical Center – Olathe, KS

St. John’s Regional Medical Center – Joplin, MO

St. Joseph Medical Center – Kansas City, MO

Wesley Medical Center – Wichita, KS