Oyate Health News

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

March 31, 2020

Published in: 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

Published in: 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

Published in: 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

Published in: 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

Published in: 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.