Chief Healthcare Executive July 25, 2024
Ron Southwick

Looking to cut costs, the Norman Regional Health System is consolidating two hospitals. Its longtime hospital in downtown Norman will shift to urgent care.

For more than seven decades, the Norman Regional Hospital has served patients in downtown Norman, Oklahoma.

But aiming to reduce costs, the Norman Regional Health System is consolidating two acute care hospitals in the area. The Norman Regional Hospital is closing this weekend and acute care services will be moved to the Norman Regional HealthPlex. Patients are already being transferred.

With that shift, the HealthPlex campus will be renamed Norman Regional Hospital, and it will become the flagship campus and corporate headquarters for the system, starting on Sunday, July 28.

Norman Regional points to extensive improvements...

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