Northeast Regional Medical Center and University of Missouri Health Care Joining Forces to Enhance Patient Care in Northeast Missouri
10/3/2023
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Oct. 3, 2023 – With a shared commitment for improving rural access to health care, Northeast Regional Medical Center and University of Missouri Health Care (MU Health Care) have formed a strategic relationship designed to increase access to specialty services and enhance health care for people living in northeastern Missouri.
The relationship will bring MU Health Care physicians and specialty services to Kirksville, expanding medical services that Northeast Regional Medical Center can offer locally, while connecting patients who may need it to higher level care in Columbia.
“We're excited about what this means for Kirksville – a sustainable local healthcare system that keeps people in our community when they need medical services,” said Patrick Avila, CEO, Northeast Regional Medical Center. “Kirksville residents will have all the advantages that come with partnering with a premier academic health system that offers leading edge medical care as well as a shared promise that we will deliver – better healthcare for every patient.”
The alignment builds upon an existing relationship between the two health systems in which MU Health Care physicians provide tele-neonatology consultations to Northeast Missouri Health Council OB/GYN physicians caring for newborns at Northeast Regional, allowing more families to stay in Kirksville while their babies receive the special support they need before going home.
Under our new relationship agreement, the health systems are identifying more ways to collaborate, support and grow services throughout the region with a focus on women’s services, cardiology, orthopedics and critical care, and providing Graduate Medical Education rotations to train the next generation of physicians.
“This strategic relationship aligns with our commitment to expand access to health care in Missouri’s rural communities and affirms our mission to save and improve lives,” said Nim Chinniah, vice chancellor for Health Affairs, MU Health Care. “Not only will this improve care for northeast Missourians where they live, but we will be able to better connect them with more than 600 MU Health Care doctors in more than 80 specialties working together to ensure they receive the highest quality care possible.”
About University of Missouri Health Care
University of Missouri Health Care is an academic health system with a mission to save and improve lives. Caring for patients from each of Missouri’s 114 counties, MU Health Care specialists treat the simplest and most complex medical conditions, discover breakthroughs and train the next generation of doctors to do the same. Committed to collaboration, research and innovation, MU Health Care has more than 6,000 physicians, nurses and health care professionals in over 80 specialties working together to give patients seamless care with the most advanced treatments and safest procedures. Serving more than 240,000 patients each year, MU Health Care facilities include Capital Region Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, Missouri Psychiatric Center, University Hospital and Women’s Hospital, as well as multiple quick care, urgent care, primary care and specialty locations. For more information, visit http://muhealth.org.
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