Oklahoma State University Medical Center (OSU Medical Center) is a

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with medical clinics located in

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. OSU medical center operates a large number of

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and fellowship programs. The hospital is the largest

teaching center in the United States, training 135 resident

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in primary and sub-specialty care each year. The hospital is accredited by the

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. The

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at OSU Medical Center, which includes a

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, receives about 45,000 visits per year. Oklahoma legislators have appropriated $40 million in funding towards improving the hospital's technology and facilities. Among the expected improvements are an expansion of the

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and renovations to the women's health and

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intensive care unit programs.

History

Founded in 1943, OSU Medical Center was established as Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital by a group of

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s who purchased a building previously used a psychiatric hospital. The hospital name was later changed to Tulsa Regional Medical Center. In 1996, the non-profit hospital was bought by

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, who changed made the facility into a

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. The company later became the target of a federal fraud investigation, which eventually pleaded guilty and paid $1.7 billion in fines. In 1999, the hospital was sold to Tulsa-based Hillcrest Medical Center, a locally owned non-profit organization, which already owned another hospital in Tulsa. In 2004, the for-profit Ardent Health Services, also of Nashville, bought the Hillcrest system. In 2006, the hospital changed its name to OSU Medical Center, as the State of Oklahoma passed Senate Bill 1771, which provided $40 million to fund improvements at the hospital. The city formed a trust to take over the hospital, which was threatened with closure by lack of funds. In 2009, Ardent Health Services agreed to mediation terms, where Ardent would donate the hospital to the State of Oklahoma in exchange for $10 million in reimbursement for indirect medical education costs. In January 2021, plans were announced to build a 58-bed medical-surgical veteran's administration (VA) hospital on OSU Medical Center's campus.

Services

OSU Medical Center has a partnership with OSU Center for Health Sciences and Diagnostic Imaging Associates to provide medical care to rural communities in

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with a telemedicine program. This program currently includes 35 regional hospital and clinic partners, and is one of the largest statewide telemedicine programs in the

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. OSU Medical Center also provides

cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart d ...

care, comprehensive wound care, and child, adolescent, and geriatric psychiatric care. The hospital operates the only

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in the region. OSU Medical Center recently expanded its cardiology services and uses Cardiology of Tulsa to oversee its cardiology fellowship program. The hospital is accredited by the

Graduate medical education

OSU Medical Center operates several training programs for physicians, including 11 residency programs and 9 fellowship programs, which provide training for 135 residents and interns. Residency programs include

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, internal medicine,

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and

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. Fellowship programs include

(heart),

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(cancer), and

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(kidney).

References

External links

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