University of Missouri Health Care System presents anual report
Harold Wiliamson, vice chancellor of the MU Health Care System, presented the MU Health Care anual report to the UM system Board of Curators in Springfield, MO, this morning.
Williamson highlighted the variety of grants awarded to the Health Care System, including four grants totaling more than $22.5 million awarded to the MU School of Medicine.
Like other colleges in the university, Williamson said, enrollment in the School of Health Professions is up 128 percent since 2002, and the range of programs offered there continues to grow.
"The transformation of the health sciences part of our campus is stunning," Williamson said.
The demolition of Cramer and Stafford residence halls was the beginning of the Patient Care Tower project, Williamson said, which includes the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and is slated to be completed by 2013.
In addition to the anual report, MU Health Care System financial report highlighted an inflated budet and the recently created partnership with Cerner for health information technology.