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You may think you know The University of Kansas Health System, but there's more to us than meets the eye. Our director of public relations, Toby Cook, is new to the world of healthcare, and has made it his mission to find what goes into being the Best Hospital in Kansas City and Kansas. Each week in Toby's Take, he'll share an inside look at healthcare and community at The University of Kansas Health System, and you're invited to go along on the journey.

I’ve seen firsthand how the people behind the logo are touching lives in ways most may never see. As a former reporter, I plan to use my experience to share stories about the people who make this place essential to the health, wellbeing and pride of a community.

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Toby's Take: Episodes 1-4

How in the world do you top any of these stories? Well, we weren’t trying to, knowing that each patient’s journey spoke for itself. But if you are going to have a showstopper, it has to be a baby.

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Toby's Take: Coming Home to Great Bend

This week, Toby completes his 2-parter on Great Bend. As mentioned in Part 1, it's often discussed how to get young people to stay or return to their community. In this post, Toby found some who returned to Great Bend – and joined the health system a...

Jun 06, 2022
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Toby's Take: Barbara MacArthur Has Heart

Toby's latest blog post about the vice president of cardiac services, Barbara MacArthur, got its start a year ago. At his first public relations-type event with health system: the Kansas City Parade of Hearts.

Jun 15, 2022
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Toby's Take: Cancer Rocks Your Life, Then You Rock It Back

You may have seen a gorgeous heart in front of the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Care Pavilion at our Westwood Campus. The artist is Lynn Meredith, who Toby spoke with for this week's blog post.

Jun 22, 2022
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Toby's Take: Official Healthcare Provider

We were saddened by Len Dawson’s death, just as we were impressed with his ability years ago to receive a diagnosis, get treatment, tell others about it and move on. Maybe that’s where aligning with well-known athletes serves the greater good.

Sep 12, 2022
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Toby's Take: Surgery, Upside Down and Backward

Dr. William Parker’s become known as the “Retzius-sparing Guy” around The University of Kansas Health System and throughout the Midwest, frankly. The prostate surgery’s full name is Retzius-sparing radical prostatectomy.

Sep 20, 2022
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Toby's Take: The Brain

It’s taken my brain a while to get here, but this blog post isn’t about The University of Kansas Health System’s world class neurology department. I “think” that’ll be a blog down the road. This is about mental health and how we treat it.

Nov 21, 2022

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