Eastar Health System in Muskogee, Okla., has named Anthony Young its CEO, effective June 17. Young replaces former CEO Kevin Fowler, who resigned, effective April 1, in order to relocate closer to family. FULL STORY »
Though hospitals tend not to encourage the practice, last week's monster tornado in central Oklahoma proved once again that medical centers become irresistible gathering places for fearful and dispossessed residents during large-scale natural... FULL STORY »
When thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled Hurricane Katrina, many of their paper-based medical records were soaked or blown to the winds. Ever since, proponents of electronic health-record systems and health... FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson and Ashok Selvam | May 21, 2013
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Treating injuries from tornadoes is a well-established job in Oklahoma, but healthcare providers say the twister that carved a 17-mile-long path of destruction through central Oklahoma Monday produced surprising injury patterns and unusual flows of patients. FULL STORY »
An early report on Monday's tragedy in Oklahoma points to just how far this nation has come in a short time on health information exchange. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam and Joe Carlson | May 20, 2013
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A tornado ripped through a small Oklahoma hospital Monday afternoon and rendered the facility helpless to treat victims of the widespread devastation in the area. FULL STORY »
By Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
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." FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
Ascension Health, St. Louis, has completed its deal to acquire Marian Health System, the Tulsa, Okla.-based provider with three regional divisions. FULL STORY »
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. FULL STORY »
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