University of Missouri Health Care today opened a new 85,512-square-foot building in south Columbia designed with the needs of patients and their families in mind.
The South Providence Medical Park building at 551 E. Southampton Drive is the new home for three outpatient clinics, including family medicine, general pediatrics and psychiatry. It houses a nearly 2,000-square-foot pharmacy with drive-through services, a laboratory, and radiology and imaging services.
“We believe excellence in health care happens when medical teams partner with patients and their families,” said Harold A. Williamson Jr., M.D., executive vice chancellor of health affairs for the University of Missouri. “From the start, we sought input from patients and families on the design of this building. Our goal is to offer comprehensive care for the whole family, from toddlers to adolescents to adults and seniors, in one convenient location.”
The total cost of the project, including the land, building construction, and capital and non-capital equipment, is expected to be at or below the $35 million budgeted for the project. MU Health Care funded the project primarily through $30 million in bonds issued by the University of Missouri in February 2012.
Approximately 250 employees will be moving from other MU Health Care locations to work at the new South Providence Medical Park building. MU Health Care officials expect more than 100,000 patient visits at the new facility in 2015.
Williamson said that with the need for outpatient services expected to increase in the future, the South Providence Medical Park building was planned to accommodate future growth.
The South Providence Medical Park building includes a family medicine clinic with 48 exam rooms staffed by more than 60 physicians from the MU School of Medicine’s nationally recognized Department of Family and Community Medicine. The department has been ranked in the top 10 family medicine programs for 21 consecutive years by U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools.
It also includes an outpatient clinic for kids staffed by approximately 30 pediatricians from MU’s Department of Child Health. The 30 exam rooms in the general pediatrics clinic were designed especially for children and include height, weight and vital sign measurement stations in each exam room.
The psychiatric clinic expanded from 10 to 15 rooms for psychiatrists and psychotherapy, plus two group therapy rooms, and it will be staffed by more than 20 clinicians, including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, psychologists and licensed counselors.
Reviewed 2015-01-26