Newman Memorial in Oklahoma to reopen surgical unit after financial turnaround

Shattuck, Okla.-based Newman Memorial Hospital reopened its surgical unit after closing it in May 2015 to cut costs, according to a Woodward News report.

At the time of the unit's closure, Newman Memorial also stopped accepting maternity patients, implemented an EHR system and required building repairs. Administrative Assistant Rhonda Hayes told Woodward News the financial pressures and ultimate closures were "a huge blow to the hospital. We lost OB, we lost cataract surgeries, it cut off that entire revenue stream."

However, in the last two years since the hospital affiliated with Oakbrook, Ill.-based People's Choice Hospitals — a firm that helps turn around financially distressed hospitals — the facility has begun reinstating services, the report states.

Newman Memorial will host an open house of the surgical unit June 15, according to the report. 

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