Last year, Oklahoma long-term care facility surveyors conducted around 3,000 inspections across the state. That they managed to get to that many facilities is an impressive feat considering Oklahoma State Department of Health’s surveyor team contained just around 110 inspectors and was capped by a department-wide hiring freeze. Department of Health long-term care director Mike […]
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Integris brings microhospitals to the OKC metro
Some say mircohospitals occupy a middle ground between large medical centers and urgent care facilities.
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Letters to the Editor: July 26, 2017
Planned Parenthood is trusted by women everywhere. I know because I used its services when I was in my 20s, when I was just starting out in the real world but with no access to health care.
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Americans take more antidepressants than any other country in this world, yet we don’t have a health care system that works.
Americans take more antidepressants than any other country in this world, yet we don’t have a health care system that works.
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Medical-legal partnerships benefit residents in the OKC metro
Oklahomans in need of legal assistance with civil matters receive help from lawyers at Mary Mahoney Memorial Health Center’s Saturday clinics.
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Oklahomans face an uncertain health care future
While Congress debates the future of the Affordable Care Act, many citizens fear they will lose coverage.
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Local Impact: Grassroots groups bring citizens together to respond to federal issues affecting local communities
Oklahoma Progressive Network and Indivisible use social media and real-life interaction to shed light on important issues that affect everyone.
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Cover Story: Local impact! How federal decisions affect local lives and communities
“They are trying to create and turn citizens against the environment and environmentalism, which troubles me more than anything,” Bridgwater said.
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Letters to the Editor: March 1, 2017
These kinds of bills show how shortsighted our state representatives are. They should repeal all the tax breaks that were given, mostly to their wealthy donors, even to the oil companies, including subsidies.
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Chicken-Fried News: Abortion altercation
Oklahoma’s House Public Health Committee recently approved a bill requiring women seeking abortion to obtain paternal permission.