University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital
| University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital | |
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| University of Missouri Health Care | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°57′27″N 92°17′18″W / 38.95757°N 92.28825°WCoordinates: 38°57′27″N 92°17′18″W / 38.95757°N 92.28825°W |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | Specialized |
| Affiliated university | University of Missouri |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level II |
| Beds | 157 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.muhealth.org/ University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital |
| Other links | University of Missouri School of Medicine |
The University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital, formerly Columbia Regional Hospital, is the only hospital in Missouri exclusively dedicated to the health of women and children. The hospital is home to MU Children's Hospital, MU Women's Center, and the Family Birth Center. In Fiscal Year 2009, 1,793 babies were born in the Family Birth Center. The hospital offers the da Vinci minimally invasive surgical robotic system. It is located in eastern Columbia near the interchange of Interstate 70 and U.S. 63.
The MU Women's Health Center provides comprehensive care for all stages of a women's life. The Family Birth Center features 26 antepartum and postpartum rooms, twelve labor and delivery rooms, two surgical suites and a newborn observation unit. Each private patient room includes a bathroom, a sleeper sofa for guests and special amenities for new mothers. An obstetrician/gynecologist is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide care at the Family Birth Center, which delivered 1,863 babies in Fiscal Year 2010.
Mothers-to-be with high-risk pregnancies will benefit from the expansion of maternal-fetal medicine and ultrasound services connected to the hospital and located on the fourth floor of the Keene Medical Building. The new facility features more than 5,000 square feet (460 m2), six exam rooms, five ultrasound suites and a non-stress testing suite.
The Women’s Health Center also includes consultation and management of all aspects of reproductive endocrinology and fertility for couples experiencing difficulty conceiving, a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for women with pelvic floor dysfunction and urinary incontinence, comprehensive care for women with gynecologic cancers, minimally invasive gynecological surgical care, including robotic surgery, and women’s wellness services.
The University of Missouri Children's Hospital, also known as the MU Children's Hospital, is the largest pediatric health care facility in Mid-Missouri. More than 100 physicians provide care in more than 30 pediatric specialties including cardiology, cancer and surgical specialties, radiology, a pediatric sleep lab, and plastic and reconstructive surgery. It includes the highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Level III), the sophisticated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), an adolescent unit, a short-stay center, a general pediatrics unit, an adolescent game room, a pediatric play room, a patient playground, and a school for children who are in the hospital for a long period of time. In 2009, more than 4,000 patients were admitted to Children’s Hospital. Clinic visits numbered nearly to 42,500.
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