Direct Admissions from the Office (Physicians Only)

NKC Hospital Transfers (Daytime and Nightime): 

Please call 816-691-1584 

To directly admit your patient to NKCH:

1. Call the NKCH transfer center at 816-691-1584, and notify them that you would like to directly admit your patient to the services of Gates Hospitalists. 
2. The NKCH Transfer center will connect you to our Hospitalist on call to discuss the case. Together you will determine the admission status and floor status best suited for your patient. Please send your patient’s pertinent problem list, medication list, recent office notes, and recent diagnostic tests to the transfer center fax at 816-346-7196. Please encourage your patient to go directly from your office to the hospital. 
3. Your patients can utilize the NKCH valet service to park their car, and quickly enter the admissions process at the ground floor of the Pavilion. They will then be taken to the Admitting and Assessment Unit (AAU).  The AAU is the designated direct admission unit for your patients between 9am and 9pm Monday through Friday. Once in the AAU they will be welcomed and on-boarded by a registered nurse. Their home medications will be verified  and entered by the clinical pharmacist. The Hospitalist that discussed the case with you will evaluate and initiate diagnostic testing and treatment in the AAU

Please send your patients to the Emergency Department if they require rapid imaging, or are experiencing chest pain, acute stroke, active gastrointestinal hemorrhage unstable vital signs, hypoxia, syncope, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, trauma, or are in decline.

Liberty Hospital (Daytime 6am-10:30pm): 

Please call 816-407-4788

Liberty Hospital (Nighttime 10:30pm-6:00am: 

Please call 816-792-7010

To directly admit your patient to Liberty Hospital:

1. Call the Liberty Hospital transfer center at 816-407-4788 (6:00am-10:30pm) or 816-792-7010 (10:30pm-6:00am), and notify them that you would like to directly admit your patient to the services of Gates Hospitalists. 
2. The Liberty Hospital bed placement center will connect you with our Hospitalist on call to discuss the case. Together you will determine the admission status and floor status best suited for your patient. 
3. Please send your patient’s pertinent problem list, medication list, recent notes, and diagnostic tests by calling the Liberty hospital transfer center at the phone numbers listed above and request the fax number for the designated medical floor. Please encourage your patient to go directly from your office to the hospital.