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OSU Medical Authority outlines psychiatric center, OSU Medical Center expansion and partnerships with VA
Summary
OSU Medical Authority and trust leaders briefed the subcommittee on a $200,000-square-foot OSU Medical Center expansion, a new Oklahoma Psychiatric Care Center in Tulsa funded in part with private donations, and ongoing collaboration with the VA; authority asked for capital funding and discussed options for debt and days-cash tradeoffs
Eric Pollock, director and CEO of the OSU Medical Authority and Trust, told the Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Health that the authority is transitioning from facility stabilization to growth and education-focused expansion.
Pollock said the authority’s strategy centers on stabilizing and expanding clinical training capacity at OSU Center for Health Sciences and partnering with health systems to extend services across Northeast Oklahoma. He described a 200,000-square-foot expansion of OSU Medical Center — including new operating suites, procedure rooms and a pharmaceutical research lab funded in part with ARPA and other state support — and a separate Oklahoma Psychiatric Care Center in Tulsa, where construction was already underway with private contributions Pollock said totaled $20,000,000.
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