Over the past year, several hospitals have earned new trauma center designations, expanding access to emergency care in their communities. At the same time, others have chosen to downgrade or close ...

Eastern Oklahoma may soon have access to a Level 1 trauma center, a move health officials say could be life-saving for patients across the region. Until now, patients with complex, life-threatening ...

The classification comes even as the hospital continues to face scrutiny over patient safety and complaints of understaffing.

There has never been a level 1 trauma center on the eastern side of the state until now. Ascension St. John Medical Center is now the first-ever level 1 trauma center in Tulsa, eliminating the need to ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WJET/WFXP) — Following the approval of the closure of the Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania now has one fewer accredited trauma center. According to the Pennsylvania ...

St. Francis Hospital and OSU Medical Center are teaming up to bring a level one trauma center to Tulsa, joining Oklahoma City who currently has the only one in the state. GT Bynum, Saint Francis Vice ...

Anna Beth Julius was on her way to work in Springdale on Halloween of 2017 when a deer jumped into her car windshield, knocking her unconscious. When she woke up, she was in Springfield, Mo. She found ...

That is the very real fear simmering among UMC trauma officials, as they continue to battle a devastating shortage of trauma surgeons. The trauma center has been operating with a patchwork trauma team ...