Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center
Located in Tahlequah, the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center is a 469,000-square-foot, four-story outpatient health facility and the largest health center operated by the Cherokee Nation, as well as the primary outpatient training site for residents. As the largest Indian Health Service joint venture health facility in the United States, the history and culture of Cherokee Nation played an influential role in designing the health center. Consistent with Cherokee Nation’s commitment to sustainable and conscientious development, the facility will be certified as LEED Silver (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The health center opened in October 2019, helping the tribe deliver first-class care to citizens.
Scope of Service:
• Ambulatory Surgery
• Behavioral Health
• Dental
• Diabetes Program
• Dietary Services
• Endoscopy Lab
• Environmental Services
• Healthy Eating for Life Program
• Laboratory
• Medical Specialties
• Optometry
• Orthopedics
• Patient Advocate
• Patient Benefit Coordinator
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacy
• Physical Rehabilitation & Wellness
• Podiatry
• Primary Care
• Purchased & Referred Care (Contract Health)
• Quality Management
• Radiology
• Resident Clinic
• Respiratory
• Same Day Clinic
• Surgery
• Specialty Clinic
• Women’s Health
• WIC
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Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital
Originally an Indian Health Service hospital, W.W. Hastings Hospital opened in 1936 on what has since been annexed into the Northeastern State University Campus. In 1984, the hospital moved to its current location on Bliss Avenue and has undergone several expansion projects to serve the growing patient population. Cherokee Nation assumed operations and management of W.W. Hastings Hospital on Oct. 1, 2008. The current hospital is 180,000 square feet with 56 patient beds and was designed to serve about 50,000 patient visits per year.
Scope of Service:
• Emergency Department
• Intensive Care Unit
• Step Down Unit
• Medical-Surgical
• Pediatric Inpatient Services
• OB/Newborn
• Inpatient & Outpatient Surgery
• Inpatient Dialysis
• Pharmacy
• Laboratory
• Radiology
• Stroke Services – Certified Primary Stroke Center
• Substance Misuse Treatment
On April 6, 2023, Cherokee Nation broke ground to construct a new six-story, $400 million hospital to replace the current facility. The new hospital will be located on the east side of the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center and encompass:
• 400,000 square feet of space
• Connecting bridge to CNOHC
• 127 patient beds
• Helipad
• Neonatal ICU
• Surgery Center
• Hospice Care
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