As a member of BJC Healthcare — one of the largest non-profit healthcare organizations in the United States — Boone Hospital Center is a 388-bed regional referral center. The hospital has a full array of medical and surgical specialties and is licensed by the Missouri Division of Health and fully accredited and in good standing with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Boone Hospital Center also is a member of the American Hospital Association and the Missouri Hospital Association. Areas of excellence include cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology and oncology. Located in Columbia, Missouri, Boone Hospital Center serves a 25-county area in mid-Missouri and has provided healthcare to the community since 1921.
Boone’s mission — to improve the health of the people and communities we serve — is best expressed in the way we differentiate ourselves to be the “Healthcare Provider of Choice” in four key areas: clinical quality, service excellence, commitment to education in order to attract superior talent, and advances in medical science and technology.
Columbia serves as the center of Missouri’s diverse economic, cultural and educational activities. Columbia, is the county seat of Boone County, which is the home to more than 130,000 residents. Home of the first university west of the Mississippi — the University of Missouri — Columbia also offers two private institutions of higher learning — Stephens College and Columbia College.
Incorporated in 1826, Columbia has consistently ranked in the top “Best Places to Live in the Nation” by Money Magazine and ranked one of the best places to live by many other major publication. Columbia boasts a strong, diverse and stable economy with a unique blend of urban and rural communities that make it an excellent place to live and work. There is a vast array of recreational and leisure activities in Columbia and the mid-Missouri area such as the MKT Trail, which follows the former MKT Railroad tracks, for hiking biking and walking. Only 90 minutes from the Lake of the Ozarks - one of the largest outdoor recreational areas in the Midwest — Columbia is a half-hour drive to Jefferson City, the state capital, and a two-hour drive to St. Louis and Kansas City.
Boone Hospital is proud to be part of the Columbia community serving the healthcare needs of mid-Missourians since 1921. Boone is the third largest private employer in the Columbia area with more than 2,000 employees.