Hospitals and medical care in Tulsa

[happywacko]

Originally Posted by WesternPilgrim

How would you rate Tulsa's hospitals and health care services? High quality? Mediocre?

Health care in Oklahoma has a pretty poor reputation compared to the rest of the nation (number 48 ?). I think that the major problem is human resources. Good doctors and health care managers often do not stay in Oklahoma for a variety of reasons. Perhaps, quality personnel prefers CA attitudes.

ERs are average, I would say the lines are not too bad compared to a few other states I know. A good system of urgent care (which is easier on your pocket and faster than ER). However, they missed a broken bone (!) in my child, which tells you something about doctors. Accounting in Oklahoma health care is HORRIBLE; I know this as a client and as an "insider". The problem, again, is personnel.

But after all, you don't move to Oklahoma to visit an ER, don't you?
Problems? Yes, plenty. Can you survive them in Tulsa? Likely, yes.

It is nice seeing more people moving to Tulsa even though often they are conservative nuts and I am as liberal atheist as I can be without being a gay.

[okie1962]

Originally Posted by happywacko

It is nice seeing more people moving to Tulsa even though often they are conservative nuts and I am as liberal atheist as I can be without being a gay.

I know tons of gay christians. There are gay and gay friendly churches here in Tulsa. Here is one of Tulsa most famous gay christians, Lonnie Latham, he served as the senior pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church, a post he held from 2002 to January 6, 2006, when he resigned from that position as well as from the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention (where he served as one of four such members from Oklahoma), and as the recording secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.

Ted Haggard is one of the most famous gay men to graduate from ORU here in Tulsa. He is an American evangelical pastor. Known as Pastor Ted to the congregation he served, he was the founder and former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches; and was leader of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) from 2003 until November 2006.