(Lawton, OK) – Southwestern Medical Center recently unveiled My Health e-News, an innovative, personalized online health information resource now available on the SWMC website at www.swmconline.com My Health e-News allows subscribers to designate the health information they want to receive via any of five free services. “This adds a new dimension to the way [...]
Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review have named Southwestern Medical Center to their annual list of “100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.” The hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and physician groups included in this list offer robust benefit packages, positive work environments, excellent employee recognition programs and opportunities for professional development [...]
Written By: KW Hillis With hands clutched to their chest and a face filled with pain, someone slowly sinks to the ground. Classic signs of a heart attack — but not in women. February is American Heart Month, but it is also Women’s Heart Awareness month because “cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of [...]
How do you survive a heart attack? Fast action is your best weapon. Clot-busting drugs and other artery-opening treatments can stop a heart attack in its tracks. Given soon after symptoms begin, these treatments can prevent or limit damage to the heart. The quicker they are started, the more good they will do and the [...]
Oklahomans must do better at protecting themselves against the flu. That’s what local health workers say in response to the shocking number of people who have already been admitted to the hospital for it. We’re only about three months into this flu season in Oklahoma and the state health department said that number is already [...]
