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Health committee backs Hillcrest partnership for Claremore obstetric services amid clinic transition
Summary
The Cherokee Nation Health Committee approved a resolution supporting a partnership with Hillcrest to provide obstetric services at the Claremore facility as tribal health leaders described a staff transition, temporary EHR outages and plans to restore services.
The Cherokee Nation Health Committee on Aug. 1 approved a resolution supporting a partnership with Hillcrest to provide obstetric services at the Claremore facility, committee members said during an otherwise routine health report and staffing update.
The resolution, read and moved by Johnny Kidwell, passed on a voice vote and will be forwarded to the full council for consideration. Committee members did not record individual roll-call votes during the approval.
The vote came as acting Claremore clinical director Micah Nix and Cherokee Nation Health Services clinical director Steven Jones briefed the committee on an ongoing transition at Claremore Indian Hospital. Nix said the hospital is “getting ready for the transition phase, looking at timelines for services and, getting ready with the with the staff and all of those,…
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