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Ozarks Healthcare was recently recognized through multiple awards at the22nd annual Health-Care Service Excellence Conference hosted by Custom Learning Systems in Orlando, Florida. The Summit Awards ceremony and Night of Excellence is a North American wide recognition program established by the HealthCare Service Excellence Conference. Pinnacle Achievers in each of the 18 award categories are eligible to receive the prestigious Summit Award, which recognizes significant achievement and dedication in improving initiatives in…

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February is nationally recognized as American Heart Month, a time to bring awareness to cardiovascular health. For Elaine Plowman, this Heart Month is a special one. Thanks to the care she received at Ozarks Healthcare when experiencing a heart emergency last year, Plowman is celebrating the health of her own heart this February. On the morning of September 21, 2022,local West Plains resident Elaine Plow-man woke up not being able to catch…

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On a Monday night in early January 2023, the Buffalo Bills were in Cincinnati to take on the hometown Bengals. The game was a highly anticipated, prime time matchup between two of the best teams in the National Football League, but it would be interrupted and ultimately postponed after Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a frightening injury during the game. After tackling Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, Hamlin stood up, only to…

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White River Health White River Medical Center (WRMC) is pleased to announce that it ranked in the top 10 percent of 861inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs)qualified to be ranked in the IRF database of Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSmr®,LLC). The reporting period was for cases discharged between October 2021 and September 2022.We are so proud or our inpatient rehabilitation team at White River Medical Center,” said Gary Paxson, White River Health…

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Ozarks Healthcare (OZH) is the first healthcare system in the region to offer Mako SmartRobotics™. This advancement in joint replacement surgery transforms the way total knee, partial knee and total hip replacements are performed by helping surgeons know more and cut less. Mako SmartRobotics™ combines three key components, 3DCT-based planning, AccuStopTM haptic technology and insightful data analytics, into one platform that has shown better out-comes for total knee, total hip and partial…

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