2017 Annual Report<br />
The University of Kansas Health SystemFORGING CONNECTIONS 2<br />
CULTIVATING QUALITY 4<br />
DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP 8<br />
EMBRACING SERVICE 10<br />
ELEVATING CARE 14<br />
RAISING THE BAR 18<br />
MANAGING RESOURCES 22<br />
GENERATING SUPPORT 26TO LEAD THE NATION IN CARING, HEALING, TEACHING AND DISCOVERING. THIS IS THE VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM. IT’S AN AMBITIOUS OBJECTIVE, A GOAL WE WORK TIRELESSLY TO ACHIEVE. EACH DAY, OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IS ALIVE WITH BRILLIANT ENERGY, ANSWERS TO COMPLEX QUESTIONS, SPARKS OF DISCOVERY AND HOPE, CONSISTENT QUALITY, AND CONTINUAL PROGRESS. WORKING AS ONE, OUR LEADERS, PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND STAFF TOGETHER HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS. WE ARE PROPELLED EVER FORWARD BY OUR EXPERTISE, INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT TO SERVE KANSAS, THE REGION AND BEYOND.A<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=1">2017 Annual Report The University of Kansas Healt</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=2">FORGING CONNECTIONS 2 CULTIVATING QU</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=3">TO LEAD THE NATION IN CARING, HEALING, TEACHING AN</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=4">As one of the nation’s leading academic healthcare</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=5">“The University of Kansas Health System has the co</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=6">Among the best for over a decade Since 2007, Th</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=7">One of only 69 NCI-designated cancer centers Th</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=8">A LETTER TO OUR PATIENTS, COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=9">Dear Friends, “To lead the nation in caring, he</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=10">BOARD OF DIRECTORS FISCAL YEAR 2017 CLINICAL SE</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=11">BOARD OF DIRECTORS First row: Kirk Benson, MD; Mo</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=12">CARDIOLOGISTS ANIL PANDIT, MD, HAYSMED, AND MARK W</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=13">Caring for Kansas through partnerships As part </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=14">Top: Certified nurse midwife Marcia Houpe, MSN, APR</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=15">IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE IN KANSAS CITY Serving</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=16">PAUL CAMARATA, MD, CHIEF OF NEUROSURGERY, EMPLOYS</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=17">Expanding access to meet increasing need for advan</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=18">Top: Zach Engelken, of Seneca, Kansas, received a </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=19">LEADING THE NATION IN HEART CARE For more than </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=20">Innovative tumor treatment brightens a family's li</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=21">“TO BE DANCING THE DAY AFTER A BRAIN OPERATION – W</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=22">Top: In appreciation of the advanced care that gav</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=23">TWICE THE GRATITUDE Ashleigh and Brian Hipp cou</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=24">In fiscal year 2017, The University of Kansas Heal</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=25">FINANCIAL OVERVIEW (in thousands for fiscal year e</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=26">A KANSAS ASSET 216,740 Distinct patients from a</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=27">EMERGENCY VISITS 2013 50,620 2014 53,735 2015 5</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=28">In fiscal year 2017, The University of Kansas Healt</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=29">FUND DISBURSEMENTS More than $3 million in fund</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=30">PLANNED, LIFETIME AND ANNUAL GIVING July 1, 2016 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=31">Jerry H. & Charla Reilly Royals Charities, Inc. /</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=32">PLANNED, LIFETIME AND ANNUAL GIVING July 1, 2016 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=33">TREADS & THREADS – PARTY WITH A PURPOSE Generou</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=34">PLANNED, LIFETIME AND ANNUAL GIVING July 1, 2016 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=35">DONOR ROLL OF HONOR July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=36">DONOR ROLL OF HONOR July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=37">Linda Bunten Laura A. Burch Jackie Burczyk Step</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=38">DONOR ROLL OF HONOR July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=39">Holly Grier Teresa L. Griess Blake Griffith Maur</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=40">DONOR ROLL OF HONOR July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 </a>
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<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=42">DONOR ROLL OF HONOR July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 </a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=43">Sara Terrones Karen Tevault Linda Thacker Valis</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=44">TURNING POINT: THE CENTER FOR HOPE AND HEALING Ju</a>
<a title="Annual Report 2017 (14847)-FINAL-Online page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f598228?page=45">LEADERSHIP DONORS TO CAMBRIDGE TOWER A Gifts of</a>
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