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Claremore Indian Hospital reports surgery visits rise, begins Cherokee Nation EHR migration after 14-hour water outage
Summary
Hospital staff told the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council that aligning clinic schedules with Cherokee Nation increased February surgery clinic visits 52% and endoscopy procedures 63%; staff also held an electronic health record migration kickoff and weathered a 14-hour water-main outage that forced surgery and obstetrics diversions.
Captain Murray, presenting the Claremore Indian Hospital report, told the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council that surgery-clinic visits rose after the hospital aligned its surgery schedule with Cherokee Nation Health Systems.
The change led to a 52% increase in surgery clinic visits to 198 in February compared with February 2024 and a 63% increase in endoscopy procedures in the first month after scheduling changes, Captain Murray said. He also reported that the hospital hosted a three-day electronic health record (EHR) migration kickoff with Cherokee Nation Health Systems.
The EHR kickoff introduced staff to the…
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