OakBend Medical Center is one of 482 facilities in Texas participating in the TMF Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) antibiotic stewardship (ABS) project. This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quality improvement initiative will promote the appropriate use of antibiotics, improve patient outcomes and decrease the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant…

During the month of October, OakBend Medical Center is offering mammograms for the low-cost of $75.00 for patients that want or need to pay cash. Insured patients will use their insurance to cover the cost of the mammogram. Every Friday during October, OakBend Medical Center’s staff will be wearing pink in support of finding a…

OakBend Medical Center has announced this year’s Patchwork of Life event. The event is dedicated to “Making Room to Heal” and will benefit OakBend Medical Center’s Jackson Street 4th and 5th patient floors. The honorees for this year are the nurses who work at OakBend Medical Center. Without their dedication to all the patients at…

As one of the only Level III Trauma Centers in the area, OakBend Medical Center remained open during Hurricane Harvey and operated normally for two days before calling a Code Grey Disaster. The Code parameters limited access to the hospital, reduced visitations and staff to essential personnel only, and closed all ambulatory surgery centers. Due…

William (Bill) Hamlyn, one of OakBend Medical Center’s ER nurses, has received his advanced certification as a Trauma Certified ER Nurse. While there are more than 33,000 Certified Emergency Nurses in the United States, there are less than 2,000 Trauma Certified Emergency Nurses. The three-month long training and testing to receive the certification was intense,…

OakBend Medical Center has lifted the Code Grey and the Jackson Street and Williams Way locations are fully operational as usual.

OakBend Medical Center is making every effort to limit the number of visitors in the hospital so we can best serve our patients. Guests and visitors are asked to return to the safety of their own homes. They may call the hospital’s main number for information about loved ones: 281-341-3000. We ask that visitors please…

At approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2017, OakBend Medical Center is re-opening their Williams Way facility, located at 22003 Southwest Freeway in Richmond. The hospital will have limited services available, including Labor & Delivery and emergency services. OakBend Medical Center continues to operate under a Code Grey disaster status and is working around…

At approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2017, OakBend Medical Center is re-opening their Williams Way facility, located at 22003 Southwest Freeway in Richmond. The hospital will have limited services available, including Labor & Delivery and emergency services. OakBend Medical Center continues to operate under a Code Grey disaster status and is working around…

OakBend Medical Center is pleased to announce that its Williams Way Campus has achieved Level IV Trauma Certification and the Jackson Street Campus has been recertified as a Level III Trauma Center. A Level IV Trauma Center has demonstrated an ability to provide advanced trauma life support (ATLS) prior to transfer of patients to a…