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Health Care - 01.23.2012

Corporate unwellness

Companies consider surcharging unhealthy employees

The corporate-wellness culture traces its roots back to the 1980s, when the prevailing wisdom championed a correlation between a healthy lifestyle and a healthier, happier employee. Read more
 
Health Care - 01.23.2012

Getting bigger

Health care expands to meet greater need

In her role as vice president of rural services for Mercy Health System of Oklahoma, it’s Cindy Carmichael’s job to expand the system’s presence across the state. Read more
 
Health Care - 01.03.2012

OMRF receives $2.1 million grant to study deadly blood poisoning

OMRF receives $2.1 million grant to study deadly blood poisoning

Sepsis is a deadly blood poisoning that can strike quickly and kill mercilessly. It claims more than 100,000 American lives each year, and it’s a problem scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have been studying for decades. Read more
 
Health Care - 12.21.2011

Health options

A compilation of area hospitals, including services, offerings and updates.

Health Care - 12.21.2011

Up in smoke

OKC businesses thrive on being smoke-free

It was the mid-’90s and the tide was starting to turn. The $246 billion tobacco legal settlement was still a few years away, but popular opinion regarding smoking had reached the tipping point. Read more
 
Health Care - 12.21.2011

Caring for caregivers

When caring for a parent or loved one, oftentimes the caregiver’s own health and productivity at work slips.

Every day, she wakes at 4 a.m., despite being up most of the night caring for her mother. Read more
 
Health Care - 11.29.2011

OKCIC wins big at government awards

Physician Champion, Best Goal outcome for diabetes, mammograms among top awards.

The Oklahoma City Indian Clinic tied for the most awards received by a health care provider at the recent Government Performance and Results Act awards meeting. The White Cloud Health Station in White Cloud, Kan. shared the top spot with OKCIC. Read more
 
Health Care - 11.22.2011

We heart you

The hospital race is hot in the metro, for reasons that are anything but.

Used to be, when you drove into a town, you’d find a sign from the local chamber of commerce welcoming you. These days, the first thing a visitor to Oklahoma City is bound to see is a hospital. Read more
 
Health Care - 11.17.2011

DHS announces $1 billion in grants via Health Care Innovation Challenge

The Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday the Health Care Innovation Challenge from the CMS Innovation Center, a new initiative designed to test creative ways to deliver high quality medical care and reduce costs across the country.
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Health Care - 10.21.2011

Breaking ground

The groundbreaking for a new local Health and Wellness Campus is set for Monday.

The Oklahoma City-County Health Department and Wellness Now will break ground Monday on a new Health and Wellness Campus devoted to prevention services. Read more
 
Health Care - 10.21.2011

Cancer Sucks, Inc. donates $10,000 to pediatric cancer research

Cancer Sucks, Inc. will present Children’s Hospital Foundation with a $10,000 donation that will help transform the health of Oklahoma’s children by funding pediatric cancer research to be used in the study of genetics. Read more
 
Health Care - 10.03.2011

Dean McGee Eye Institute celebrates $46 million expansion

Seeing is believing at the Dean McGee Eye Institute when it comes to a recent $46 million addition to the facility. In the soaring five story Inasmuch Foundation lobby, dignitaries and the institute’s staff and leadership gathered Oct. 3 to dedicate the facility and a piece of art on the lawn looking toward Lincoln Boulevard. Read more
 
Health Care - 09.28.2011

Flu fighters

Employers say providing free flu shots to employees is worth the cost

At First Bethany Bank, a single case of the flu can quickly get serious. With only 35 employees, First Bethany is a small bank. If several people get sick at once from the flu, conducting day-to-day business can pose quite a challenge, which is why it offers free flu shots to its employees. Read more
 
Health Care - 09.23.2011

St. Anthony signs affiliation agreement

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St. Anthony Hospital and Share Medical Center are pleased to announce a formal affiliation between the two facilities.  The affiliation was finalized in a signing ceremony today in Alva.
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Health Care - 09.22.2011

St. Anthony and Holdenville hospitals sign agreement

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St. Anthony Hospital and Holdenville General Hospital recently announced a formal affiliation between the two facilities that was finalized in a recent signing ceremony in Holdenville. Read more
 
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