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- ↑ Senter, Jay (August 15, 2018). "Briefly noted: Shawnee Mission Health to become AdventHealth Shawnee Mission; Edison District demolition set to begin". Shawnee Mission Post . Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ↑ Dolan, Nicole (October 21, 2021). "$150M AdventHealth Overland Park South begins admitting patients" . Kansas City Business Journal . Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ↑ Lieberman, Lily (April 24, 2019). "AdventHealth adds another hospital to its network" . Kansas City Business Journal . Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott Is Closing by End of Year". October 2, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ Smith, Mitch (October 8, 2015). "Closing a Hospital, and Fearing for the Future". The New York Times. Retrieved August 12, 2017.