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Hillcrest Medical Center NICU earns rare acclaim with safe sleep recognition
Read more: Hillcrest Medical Center NICU earns rare acclaim with safe sleep recognitionHillcrest Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in the state to earn top honors on safe sleep from a national organization. Created by Cribs for Kids, the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program recognized Hillcrest as a gold level hospital. Hillcrest is the lone site in the Tulsa area and one of just…
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What to do if … you are choking
Read more: What to do if … you are chokingWith the holiday season around the corner, many will take the time to enjoy family and food. Those treats can increase the likelihood of choking. Christin Baker-Hankton, D.O., who practices family medicine with Utica Park Clinic, shares several tips to help prevent or remedy a choking episode. What are some choking signs: • Difficulty breathing…
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Sterile processing team an integral part of patient care at Hillcrest
Read more: Sterile processing team an integral part of patient care at HillcrestQuality care requires all facets of Hillcrest Medical Center working together in synergy. And that includes those who care for the instruments used to care for our patients. Sterile Processing Manager Anthony Adams leads a 23-person department that ensures those devices utilized during medical procedures are clean and ready for use for the next patient.…
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Coweta resident walks his daughter down the aisle after miraculous recovery
Read more: Coweta resident walks his daughter down the aisle after miraculous recoveryBrannon Gragg pleaded with Brian Worley, M.D., pulmonary critical care specialist at Hillcrest Hospital South, after he was admitted for COVID-19 last spring. “He was begging to make sure he would be around in October to walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding,” Worley said. “We said, ‘We’ll make sure you’re there.’” And,…
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McKenzie does not let circumstances keep her from annual mammogram
Read more: McKenzie does not let circumstances keep her from annual mammogramJanet McKenzie does not have to look far to find inspiration for continuing her mammogram screenings on a regular basis. Back in 1943, McKenzie’s grandmother, age 43 at the time, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her grandmother had a double mastectomy, a part of a treatment plan that enabled her to live another 48 years.…
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COVID-19 through the eyes of an unvaccinated patient
Read more: COVID-19 through the eyes of an unvaccinated patientWatch to follow a patient as he is admitted to the hospital with COVID-19. His story, shown through his eyes, is the reality many of our patients face.
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HMC staff helps former service member overcome terrifying moments
Read more: HMC staff helps former service member overcome terrifying momentsMark Knowlton faced life or death situations as a former active service member, but none were as horrifying as what he encountered when he was recently diagnosed with COVID-19. The 51-year-old’s condition quickly changed from having a cough and fever to developing pneumonia in both lungs to being intubated and put on an ICU ventilator…
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Hillcrest South labor and delivery helps family through two new additions during pandemic
Read more: Hillcrest South labor and delivery helps family through two new additions during pandemicThe labor and delivery team at Hillcrest Hospital South helped Callie Jo Morey navigate her way through what could have been an unsettling experience. Morey and her husband, Scott, added two babies to their family within a 13-month span during the coronavirus pandemic. And the couple did so with surprising ease. “Having two kids during…
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Hillcrest South team comforts patient with sepsis diagnosis
Read more: Hillcrest South team comforts patient with sepsis diagnosisThe Hillcrest Hospital South staff comforted Rebbecca Morey during a recent stay and she could not be more appreciative for the care she received. “Everybody was exceptional,” Morey said. “Even the housekeeper would stop and talk to me. With how overworked everybody has been this past year, you couldn’t tell. They went above and beyond.”…
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Pediatrician Katie Jackson, M.D., discusses how infants are tested for congenital heart disease
Read more: Pediatrician Katie Jackson, M.D., discusses how infants are tested for congenital heart diseaseCongenital heart disease impacts an estimated 1% of babies. Katie Jackson, M.D., a pediatrician at Utica Park Clinic Claremore, discusses how babies are tested for congenital heart disease even before birth. “We have several ways of screening human infants for congenital heart disease both early and later in life,” Jackson said. “Our first screening is…
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