The goal between the three systems will be to provide clinics and possibly other hospitals in rural areas of Missouri and surrounding states.

It is also affiliated with the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (which is a joint venture with HealthSouth and MU Health Care) as well as Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City and Cooper County Memorial Hospital in Boonville.

[4] University of Missouri Health Care also operates an ambulance service from bases strategically located around Boone County.

[5] The ambulance service is the exclusive provider for all concerts and other events in Mizzou Sports Park, including all MU football games at Faurot Field.

[7] MU Children's Hospital is the largest pediatric health care facility in mid-Missouri.

There are 43 private inpatient rooms for pediatric and adolescent patients decorated in bright, kid-friendly décor, averaging 244 square feet (22.7 m2), and including a bathroom and sleeper sofa for family members.

Also, the neonatal ambulance team, consisting of an emergency medical technician, respiratory therapist and registered nurse, responds to any hospital request in Missouri.

The building houses nearly 200 staff members and more than 20 orthopaedic surgeons who specialize in sports medicine, joint replacement, pediatrics, hip and knee, foot and ankle, shoulder, hand, spine and trauma care.

The 115,500-square-foot (10,730 m2), four-floor facility includes 12 private inpatient rooms, outpatient clinics, a rehabilitation unit and a cafeteria.

MUPC also offers an emergency room assessment unit to help with crisis stabilization and intake and discharge planning for patients.

Also on the MRC campus is a clinic operated as an extension of the VA Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas and the state's Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory run by the Missouri Department of Health.

University Physicians primary and specialty-care clinics are located in Columbia and surrounding communities in Mid-Missouri.

A great majority of the physicians also serve as faculty members of University of Missouri School of Medicine.

It offers a 16-bed ER, one of the few accredited rehabilitation centers in the state, advanced cardiac and oncology services, as well as an extensive clinic system.