jackhughes, Author at Oyate Health Center

Changes in Covid-19 Testing – Sept. 2022

September 20, 2022

Categories: OHC News

Oyate Health Center is changing our COVID testing protocol in order to maximize available organizational resources to meet the needs of our relatives. Symptomatic patients—check into Urgent Care. Exposed patients with no symptoms will be given home tests. Patients with a positive home test—we consider a patient with a positive…

CEO Statement on Positive Covid-19 Cases in Rapid City

May 11, 2020

Categories: OHC News, Press Releases

RAPID CITY — The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City has recently begun seeing an uptick of positive COVID-19 cases at its facility. Jerilyn Church, CEO of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board and the Oyate Health Center, issued a video message today to provide the community with further…

Oyate Health Center Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic – 4/13/20

April 13, 2020

Categories: OHC News

RAPID CITY –The Oyate Health Center is continuing to make improvements to help protect the health of our staff and patients. It is important to us that we continue to provide the highest standards of care for our patients while reducing their possible exposure to covid-19. We are continuing to…

Oyate Health Center Takes Further Steps to Reduce Spread of COVID-19

March 31, 2020

Categories: OHC News

In addition to the creation of the Southwest Screening Clinic, we are continuing to implement recommendations from the CDC. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms, please contact the Oyate Health Center at (605) 355-2500 before visiting the campus. Optometry Changes Due to our response to the Coronavirus pandemic and in…

New Urgent Care Hours at Oyate Health Center

January 7, 2020

Categories: Press Releases

RAPID CITY, SD – Beginning on January 20, 2020, the Oyate Health Center will change the hours of its operations. Services provided will be available daily from 6 am-12 midnight, the facility will close from 12:00 Midnight to 6:00 AM to accommodate the new innovations at the Oyate Health Center. We are…

Oyate Health Center Introduces Integrative Care

January 6, 2020

Categories: OHC News

RAPID CITY, SD – The Oyate Health Center is set to introduce a new model of care that will provide expanded comprehensive care services to its patients, greater access to behavioral health, and more walk-in clinic hours. The Oyate Health Center and the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board are conducting…

Healthcare Priorities to be Determined by Patients in Rapid City

November 20, 2019

Categories: Press Releases

RAPID CITY –For decades the mission, policies, and programs implemented in Indian Health Service hospitals have been determined by bureaucrats in faraway places. The new healthcare model rolling out at the Oyate Health Center in Rapid City turns that approach on its head. The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board…

Oyate Health Center selects top-talent as Chief Medical Officer

November 18, 2019

Categories: Press Releases

New Chief Medical Officer Brings Experience and Knowledge RAPID CITY –When the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe chose to take control of the Rapid City Service Unit from the Indian Health Service, it made a promise to seek out the best and the brightest healthcare providers.

A New Approach to Native American Healthcare in Rapid City

November 13, 2019

Categories: Press Releases

RAPID CITY – Installing a new and innovative approach to patient care is a difficult task that the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board (GPTCHB) and the Oyate Health Center (OHC) are ready to take on. Two weeks ago, more than fifty community members, staff, and direct service providers working…