Our Partners
Rusk Rehabilitation Center is a
partnership between HealthSouth and University of Missouri Healthcare.
University of Missouri HealthCare
University of Missouri HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare organizations
in Missouri. Its 2 main hospitals (University Hospital & Columbia Regional
Hospital) and numerous service organizations (University Physicians, Missouri Rehabilitation Center, Ellis Fischel
Cancer Center, Children's Hospital)
deliver primary inpatient, outpatient, home and long-term care to
residents throughout the state of Missouri.
HealthSouth
Our managing partner, HealthSouth, is a leader in rehabilitative care.
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, HealthSouth is one of the nation's
largest provided of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imagin and rehabilitative
healthcare services, operating more than 1,900 facilities in all 50 states,
the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Australia and Canada.
Our Mission
To expand the possibilities and enhance the lives of those we serve.
Our Guiding Principles
At Rusk Rehabilitation Center, we are committed to:
- Being a community of highly skilled and compassionate caregivers
- Fostering independence, limiting disability and restoring function
- Being at the forefront of rehabilitative research and education
Our Community of Care
Designed by rehabilitation experts, Rusk Rehabilitation Center
provides state-of-the-art care in a warm, professional environment
that fosters and expedites the healing and recovery process. Our facility features
areas for outdoor activities, a therapy pool, therapeutic gyms, spacious patient
rooms, activities of daily living suites and cutting-edge equipment- all used to
help prepare our patients for a smooth transition back to their homes and families.
Most Importantly, our experts in rehabilitative medicine, nursing, physical,
occupational, speech and recreational therapy and psychosocial counseling provide
the most comprehensive rehabilitative care possible, helping our patients meet, and
often exceed, their recovery goals.
We understand that our patients' families and friends also need special support
during the recovery process, and we offer many educational programs to assist them
as well. The hospital is the home of several of mid-Missouri's area support groups for
individuals and families who have been affected by amputation, brain injury, stroke
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History and Partnership
Despite the latest advances in preventative medicine, modern technology and
health and fitness information, injury and illness remain inevitable facts
of life. While we never know when or where one of our loved ones might
experience a car accident, stroke or other serious condition, one thing is
certain: our lives can change in an instant.
At Rusk Rehabilitation Center, we understand
what you're going through and are committed to expanding the possibilities
and enhancing the lives of our patients.
For more than 30 years Rusk Rehabilitation Center has been providing quality care to people who
have suffered an injury or illness. RUSK has achieved a reputation throughout Missouri and
surrounding states as one of the foremost centers for rehabilitation and physical medicine.
No other mid-Missouri hospital provides such comprehensive services in one place.
In 1997 through an innovative partnership between HealthSouth and University of
Missouri Healthcare, HealthSouth built a built a beautiful, state-of-the-art 60 bed rehabilitation
hospital and outpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Rusk Rehabilitation Center
serves as the only freestanding acute rehabilitation hospital in the mid-Missouri area,
we are a leader in rehabilitative care, research, education and community service.
We offer a full range of inpatient, outpatient and community rehabilitation
services focused on limiting disability and restoring function for our patients.
Our physicians and researchers are internationally recognized for their
groundbreaking rehabilitation research and education programs.
We provide rehabilitative care for survivors of stroke, brain injury, spinal cord
injury, amputations, orthopedic conditions and cancer by combining the most advanced
rehabilitative treatments with compassion and understanding.
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