Since its inception in the mid-seventies, Liberty Hospital has emerged as a major health care provider in the metropolitan Kansas City area and to the residents of Clay county, Platte county, and northwest Missouri. The hospital has committed itself to excellence in health care and has provided high quality cost effective care since it opened. This commitment to staying on the leading edge of new technology is evident in the programs and services that it offers, many times being the front-runner in the northland area for implementing services and programs. It is governed by a six member publicly elected board of trustees who serve six year terms each. The hospital has increased its services and bed capacity in seven major expansions since it opened in February 1974.
Services provided at the hospital are varied and complement the capabilities of the medical staff.
Liberty Hospital is also committed to community service providing free, ongoing community education programs such as CPR, First Aid and Safe Sitter programs. As a Level II Trauma Center, the hospital provides continuing medical education to area emergent care personnel. Other community programs include home delivered meals, Harvesters, speakers bureau, health fairs and screenings, and free transit service for residents that need transportation to the hospital or medical staff members offices. Liberty Hospital also provides support to the Northland Health Care Access project, Healthy families Mid-America, and the Clay County Health Department. The hospital has an active auxiliary that has more than 225 volunteers working in various areas of the hospital such as surgical services, patient registration, and long term care.