Oklahoma City-based St. Anthony Hospital and Lawton, Okla.-based Southwestern Medical Center joined forces, according to NEWSOK.
Here are six notes:
1. The two organizations have entered a formal affiliation agreement.
2. The affiliation will boost Southwestern patients' access to cardiology and neurosurgery services.
3. St. Anthony's parent organization, SSM Health Care Oklahoma, encompasses the Bone and Joint Hospital at St. Anthony, Oklahoma City-based St. Anthony South and St. Anthony Shawnee (Okla.) Hospital.
4. SSM Health Care Oklahoma also includes two St. Anthony Healthplex campuses, 17 affiliated hospitals and the St. Anthony Physicians Group.
5. An affiliate of RCCH HealthCare Partners, Southwestern Medical Center houses 199 beds, a 59-bed medical/surgical unit and an eight-bed intensive care unit.
6. The full-service acute care hospital employs more than 150 people and encompasses a 24-hour emergency department.