Oklahoma news and information

Allison Guarino understands the controversy over new rules allowing 15-year-olds to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. But as someone who teaches pregnancy prevention to ninth-graders in Boston, she thinks lowering the age will "help the girls who need the help the most."
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The Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision will now include QR codes on all newly issued or renewed licenses of physicians and other medical professionals.
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Ascension Health, St. Louis, has completed its deal to acquire Marian Health System, the Tulsa, Okla.-based provider with three regional divisions.
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's office refused Friday to release dozens of documents surrounding decisions she made connected to the federal healthcare law, citing exemptions to the state's Open Records Act that media experts say do not exist.
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The crisp, stucco exterior of an Oklahoma dental clinic concealed what health inspectors say they found inside: rusty instruments used on patients with infectious diseases and a pattern of unsanitary practices that put thousands of people at risk for hepatitis and the virus that causes AIDS.
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North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation Tuesday that that would make North Dakota the nation's most restrictive state on abortion rights, banning the procedure if a fetal heartbeat can be detected—something that can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
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As healthcare providers scramble to realize the promise of clinically coordinated care, a recent decision from the Federal Trade Commission shows that regulators are giving doctors and hospitals more leeway to set up new models that don't involve sweeping corporate acquisitions.
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Dr. Russell Kohl has joined Leawood, Kan.-based TransforMED this week as its new medical director for innovation.
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St. Louis-based SSM Health Care will soon own and operate Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo., along with its nine MedChoice rural clinics. The Catholic not-for-profit health system signed an agreement with the 49-bed acute-care hospital that goes into effect April 1.
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A medical helicopter crash-landed outside an Oklahoma City nursing home early Friday, killing two people onboard and injuring a third who was pulled from the burning wreckage, officials said.
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