INTEGRIS Grove Hospital is pleased to announce it has been recognized for outstanding clinical performance by VHA, a national network of not-for-profit health care organizations. The award celebratesINTEGRIS Grove Hospital’s achievements in core clinical processes of care for heart attack, pneumonia, heart failure and surgical infection prevention, and for emergency department care. Chief Nursing Officer Angie Bidleman [...]
Craig County Commissioners, Vinita City Council and the Cleora Emergency Medical Service District Trust (CEMSA) announce the formation of the Regional Emergency Medical Ambulance Service (REMAS) to provide emergency services for the three parties. A contract with Mercy Regional of Oklahoma emergency services has also been signed by the three parties to provide 24/7 paramedic level emergency [...]
For several years, Oklahoma has been rather prominent in rankings about health. Unfortunately, what made it newsworthy is how badly we did in national studies—especially health issues related to life-style choices; in other words, illness that could be greatly prevented if more Oklahomans would simply adopt more healthy lifestyles. Diseases like diabetes, heart disease, lung [...]
INTEGRIS Baptist Regional Health Center will celebrate the expansion of cardiology services with groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $1.4 million cardiac catheterization lab. The groundbreaking will be held on Thursday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m. The 2400 square feet facility will be located on the Southside of the hospital in close proximity to the Emergency [...]
If a stranger attacked a person on the street, there would be no doubt that a crime had been committed. The police, the local prosecutor, and most certainly the victim would all be in agreement on that fact. But for much of our state and our nation’s history, the attitude towards violence in the home [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 – Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, (NEO), will host a public policy forum about the use of methamphetamines in Oklahoma on Thursday, Oct. 6 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. in the Blue and Gold Room of the Bruce Carter Student Union on NEO A&M campus. The NEO Social [...]
Grand Lake United Enterprises, a political action committee formed by former Chronicle publisher Rusty Fleming for Grand Lake environmental issues, has invited representatives of Grand Lake Watershed Alliance Foundation to a Saturday, 10am, at Cherokee Yacht Club. “Representatives from the Grand Lake Watershed Alliance Foundation will be there to share their plan for reducing the [...]
Langley – Ahead of an emergency meeting of the Grand River Dam Authority Board of Directors on Friday afternoon to discuss the issue of Blue Green Algae (BGA) in Grand Lake, the GRDA is advising the public to stay out of Grand Lake waters. “We strongly discourage any body contact with the water at this [...]
An Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recommendation to temporarily avoid body contact with water at Bernice State Park is prompting the Grand River Dam Authority to remind lake enthusiasts to take extra precaution on Grand Lake this summer. The state park is putting up signage to notify the public. DEQ made the recommendation after [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – The Peoria Tribe received a grant from Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) to develop a passive water treatment system on Tar Creek that Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, (NEO) will manage and maintain. This wetlands area will enable students at NEO to have numerous educational opportunities in biology, chemistry and other projects. According to [...]
