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Oklahoma State University Medical Center (OSU Medical Center) is a teaching hospital with medical clinics located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. OSU medical center operates a large number of osteopathic residency and fellowship programs. The hospital is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. The emergency room at OSUMC receives about 45,000 visits per year. Oklahoma legislators have appropriated $40 million in funding towards improving the hospital's technology and facilities. Among the expected improvements are an expansion of the intensive care unit and renovations to the women's health and neonatal intensive care unit programs. The hospital is the largest osteopathic teaching center in the United States, training 126 resident physicians in primary and sub-specialty care each year. ==History== The OSU Medical Center began as the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, which was created in 1943 by a group of osteopathic physicians. At that time, osteopaths (now known as osteopathic physicians) were barred from obtaining staff positions in conventional hospitals. That situation did not change until the 1990s. The hospital name was later changed to Tulsa Regional Medical Center. In 1996, the non-profit hospital was bought by Columbia/HCA of Nashville, Tennessee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tcmsok.org/tcms-history/tulsa-hospital-histories/a-history-of-tulsa-hospitals-1900-1968/ )〕 The company later became the target of a federal fraud investigation, which eventually pleaded guilty and paid $1.7 billion in fines. The hospital was sold to Tulsa-based Hillcrest Medical Center, another non-profit, which already owned another hospital in Tulsa. The for-profit Ardent Health Services, also of Nashville, bought the Hillcrest system in 2004. In 2009, the city formed a trust to take over the hospital, which was threatened with closure by lack of funds.〔Archer, Kim. ''Tulsa World''. "Hospital turns 65 after a year of tension." December 17, 2009.()〕 Being affiliated with OSU, the name of the hospital changed from Tulsa Regional Medical Center to Oklahoma State University Medical Center November 2, 2006. The name change was part of a fifty-year academic affiliation agreement between Tulsa Regional Medical Center and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine signed in the spring of 2006 in order to create a permanent teaching hospital for Oklahoma State University medical students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oklahoma State University Medical Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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