Shawnee Mission Medical Center is a full service 383-bed Seventh-day Adventist

Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

 hospital

Hospital

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 located in Merriam

Merriam, Kansas

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 near Interstate 35

Interstate 35

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 at 9100 W. 75th St in Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County, Kansas

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. In addition to the hospital itself it has a free-standing outpatient surgery, a community health education building, five physician office buildings and an associate child care center.

The hospital prides itself in the use of minimally invasive technology. It recently opened a $112 million expansion, including a new Emergency Department, ICU and Cardiac Care Unit.