July 20, 2021
Texting Service Helps Reduce Patient Wait Time
RAPID CITY –Reducing patients wait times, limiting no-show rates, and maximizing provider productivity is an important mission of the Oyate Health Center. A new patient texting service helps to accomplish all three of these goals. We all know that in ...
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July 14, 2021
Advisory Committee Needs Two Additional Community Members
RAPID CITY – The Oyate Health Center needs two individuals to contribute to the organization’s development by participating in the Mni Luzahan Wicozani Advisory Committee. The advisory committee serves as a bridge between the community and the Oyate Health Center ...
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May 18, 2021
Oyate Health Center Headed in the Right Direction
By Brandon Ecoffey Communications Director GPTLHB The Oyate Health Center in Rapid City continues to make improvements each day. Wait times for patients are down, while users of the tribally run clinic are rising. The facility just implemented a new ...
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May 17, 2021
Health Board Anticipates Dismissal of Lawsuit
RAPID CITY – A lawsuit that has challenged the sovereign right of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to assume control of tribal healthcare in Rapid City is nearing a conclusion. In July of 2019, the ...
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February 10, 2021
Oyate Health Center Aims to Vaccinate 1500 Patients
RAPID CITY – The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board and the Oyate Health Center aim to have more than 1500 of its patients vaccinated by the end of February. Over the next two weeks, the two tribal healthcare entities ...
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January 14, 2021
65 & Over/High Risk Are Next for COVID Vaccine at OHC
RAPID CITY –The Oyate Health Center has moved to its next stage of vaccinations that includes those who are 65 & over, those who are high risk, and essential workers. Those who meet these criteria can sign up for an ...
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January 8, 2021
RAPID CITY — The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board and the Oyate Health Center are eagerly awaiting the arrival of more vaccines to distribute to the community. In the next several weeks, the Oyate Health Center hopes to expand ...
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December 22, 2020
Health Board to Host Mass Testing in North Rapid City
RAPID CITY –The Oyate Health Center is set to host a community-wide COVID-19 testing event in its additional location at 725 North LaCrosse Street in Rapid City. Testing will be available from 8 AM-6 PM, December 28-31, 2020, for all who wish to ...
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October 19, 2020
Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, Oyate Health Center to Expand Locations
RAPID CITY – The Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board has purchased the former City County Alcohol and Drug Program building at 725 N. Lacrosse St, from Pennington County. The building will serve as a temporary location for some of ...
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October 7, 2020
New FDA Guidelines Force Testing Changes At OHC
The Oyate Health Center recognizes that COVID-19 is more prevalent in the Black Hills and in the Country than at any time before during this global pandemic. Access to testing materials is in critical demand, and the FDA has issued ...
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