University of Missouri Health Care

Welcome to the Becker's Healthcare Cardiology and Heart Surgery Podcast.

I'm Mariah Taylor, assistant editor, and I'm thrilled to be speaking with two leaders from MU Health Care, Arun Kumar, medical director of the cardiovascular service line, and Amy Begeman, senior director of cardiovascular and neuroscience services.

Thank you both for being here today.

I am really excited to learn more about your journey to becoming a Joint Commission's Comprehensive Cardiac Center.

Sure.

Appreciate the opportunity.

Um, I'm Amy Begeman on the service line here at MU Health Care.

Uh, been here just a little over five years, uh, but been in healthcare and in the cardiovascular space probably for upwards of 11 or 12 years, uh, but in healthcare probably 25 plus.

I'm Amy Begman.

I'm the service line here at MU Health Care.

Been here just a little over five years, but been in health care and in the cardiovascular space probably for upwards of 11 or 12 years, but in health care probably 25 plus.

Excellent.

And what have been some of the most impressive results that have come from this journey?

So I'd say one of the biggest is really how patients view us as a service line, but even as an organization.

They want to know that there's confidence in the facility, organization, or services that they're looking to have here at MU Health Care.

So this certification really enforced that patients don't have to leave Mid-Missouri to access the exceptional cardiovascular care that we provide here.

We were surprised to see the number of injuries go up by so much over this relatively short period of time.

Stephen DeFroda, an orthopedic doctor with MU Health Care, says minor injuries such as strains, flare-ups, and pain related to inactivity or mild arthritis are common.

When it comes to more serious injuries, he has seen ACL tears and Achilles tendon ruptures from time to time.

He says players should warm up, know their physical limits, and pay attention to pain, as majority of the people who gets injured are elderly.