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Referring a Patient

When you refer a patient to the University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, you can be confident that patient will receive excellent care from highly skilled and experienced health care professionals. We are committed to providing comprehensive, quality medical care.

If you wish to speak to any of our health-care professionals, please call us toll free at (800) 877-7197 and our Referral Services staff will connect your call. They also can assist you or your staff by scheduling consultations or referral appointments with our physicians. If your patients wish to schedule an appointment directly, they may call (573) 882-7000.

Our flagship hospital is a 236-bed tertiary care center that provides a full range of medical services. Physicians from throughout the state refer many of their most complicated patient cases to our medical and surgical specialists. Twenty-five percent of our beds -- more than twice that of the average community hospital -- are dedicated to intensive care, which reflects the severity of illness and injury our patients face.

The University of Missouri Health Care is the only Level I Trauma Center in mid-Missouri and one of only five in the state treats more than 25,000 patients in its emergency room each year.

Prehospital care and transportation of trauma victims is provided by ground and air. The Staff For Life helicopter service serves the state of Missouri through the provision of stabilization and transportation of critically injured or ill children and adults by experienced flight nurses and paramedics with advanced training and education. Responding to both injury scene and other facilities, the helicopter service personnel deliver state-of-the-art clinical care and stabilization with rapid response to requests.