St. Joseph Medical Center (Kansas City, Missouri)

St. Joseph Medical Center is a 310-bed hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, US.

St. Joseph Medical Center
Prime Healthcare
Geography
Location	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Coordinates	38°56′11″N 94°36′14″W
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	For-profit hospital
Type	Community
Affiliated university	None
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	310
Helipad	FAA LID: MO21
History
Opened	October 15, 1874
Links
Website	www.stjosephkc.com
Lists	Hospitals in Missouri

History

At the request of local physician Dr. Jefferson Griffith and Father Bernard Donnelly, six sisters from Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, led by Mother Celeste O’Reilly, arrived in Kansas City, Missouri in 1874 to establish a hospital. The sisters purchased the Waterman home, a 10-room residence at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street in Quality Hill and opened Saint Joseph's Hospital on October 15, 1874.^[1] In 1917, Saint Joseph's Hospital moved to a new 250-bed facility located at 2510 East Linwood Boulevard. The hospital moved to its present-day location near I-435 and State Line Road in 1977.^[2][3][4] Prime Healthcare purchased St. Joseph Medical Center from Ascension in 2015.^[5]