Healthcare Facilities

Topeka's regional medical community is nationally recognized for offering high-quality, low cost care. A multitude of community outreach services, including neighborhood clinics, prevention programs, and services for children and low income individuals, are provided by our two general hospitals and five specialized hospitals that 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 365 physicians from 39 specialties are members of the Shawnee County Medical Society. The Kansas Dental Board reports there are 91 practicing dentists in Shawnee County.

• Hospitals
• Clinics
• Retirement Communities

Hospitals

General Medical Hospitals

Both general hospitals maintain emergency departments and have emergency room physicians on call.

St. Francis Health Center

St. Francis Health Center is a 378-bed care facility and a member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth health care system. St. Francis offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, orthopedic, diabetes, surgical, and rehabilitation services for inpatients and outpatients, as well as other programs to meet the health care needs of northeast Kansans. St. Francis opened the St. Francis Breast Center in September 2006.

Stormont-Vail HealthCare

Stormont-Vail HealthCare is comprised of a 586-bed major regional medical center, Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, and 150 primary care and specialty physicians in the Cotton-O'Neil Division. The system serves the region through its network of more than 20 out-patient care facilities located in northeast Kansas . They have the region's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care unit, the region's only verified Trauma Center, and will open the newly constructed Cotton-O'Neil Cancer Center in early 2007.

Specialized Hospitals

Colmery-O'Neil Medical Center

This VA Medical Center, part of the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, provides a full range of medical, surgical, and psychiatric treatment services for veterans. The facility has 135 hospital beds and 96 nursing home care beds.

Kansas Neurological Institute

The Kansas Neurological Institute is programmed to serve about 170 persons with developmental disabilities. The mission of Kansas Neurological Institute is to facilitate, either directly or indirectly, the empowerment of people to achieve personal growth and well-being, realize choice, attain full inclusion, and celebrate their individuality.

Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital

The Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital is a 79-bed hospital, dedicated to providing comprehensive physical rehabilitation services on an inpatient, acute, skilled, outpatient, and day treatment basis. KRH also provides home health services in the Topeka area. Programs include, but are not limited to: amputations, arthritis, brain injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, pulmonary diseases, spinal cord injuries, and strokes. KRH is a certified Parkinson's facility. Other specialized services include: indoor therapeutic pool, robotic weith-supported treadmill and other state-of-the-art equipment.

Select Specialty Hospital-Topeka

The Select Specialty Hospital is located within St. Francis Medical Center. Select Specialty is an acute care hospital certified by Medicare to provide extended acute care services. The hospital specializes in respiratory vent weaning and complex wound care. Serving individuals from throughout northeast Kansas, Select Speciality serves a patient population comprised of those patients needing acute services for a longer period of time than generally provided in a general hospital setting. The average length of stay is 25 days.

Clinics

Outpatient Services

Tallgrass Surgical Center

Established in 2002, the Tallgrass Surgical Center is a stand alone outpatient surgery center located in west Topeka. The facility's physicians provide cost effective outpatient surgery in a setting that offers up-to-date technology and the ease of convenient access and parking. Surgical specialties include general vascular and thoracic, gynecology, ophthalmology, sports medicine, oral and maxillofacial, pain management, plastic and reconstructive, and urology.

Residential Services for Mentally Ill

Valeo Community Residence Program

The Valeo Community Residence Program is an upscale supportive living environment designed to meet the needs of individuals with mental illness. A long association with Menninger, highly trained staff, warm hospitality, and decades of commitment to quality service demonstrate the program's well-earned reputation as a provider of choice. Pictured is one of the three spacious homes located in residential neighborhoods in the heart of Topeka. Visit www.valeocrp.org for more information.

Assistive Technology Services and Pediatric Therapy Services

The Capper Foundation Easter Seals

The Capper Foundation Easter Seals is a private, non-profit, charitable organization providing outpatient programs and assistive technology services for people with physical disabilities, primarily children. Capper also specializes in pediatric therapy, including physical, occupational and speech-language therapies, therapeutic recreation, inclusive preschool and child care, and professional and family training.

Retirement and Nursing Homes

The Topeka area is home to 36 adult care homes that provide nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, residential health care facilities, and nursing facilities for the mentally ill.
Source: Bureau of Health Facility Regulation, State of Kansas October 2006