To improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

INTEGRIS Health is the state’s largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation and one of the state’s largest private employers (about 9,000 employees statewide), with hospitals, rehabilitation centers, physician clinics, mental health facilities, fitness centers, independent living centers and home health agencies throughout much of the state.

Through its affiliates, INTEGRIS Health operates 13 hospitals. The organization has affiliated mental health providers in 50 Oklahoma towns and cities, and offers hospice services through Hospice of Oklahoma County. Approximately six out of every 10 Oklahomans live within 30 miles of a facility or physician included in the INTEGRIS Health organization. Collectively, the entities within INTEGRIS Health maintain more than 1,900 licensed beds and have medical staffs that number more than 2,500 physicians.

We learned a long time ago that we can’t improve the health of the people and the communities we serve, and fully care for our community, by staying exclusively within the walls of our facilities.

That’s why “returnship” is such an important part of our philosophy. What is returnship? It’s giving back part of ourselves to the communities we serve.

Giving back is exemplified by our physicians, employees and volunteers who take their education and skills into the community to make a difference in the lives of fellow Oklahomans. Their dedication, combined with our resources at INTEGRIS Health, helps accomplish a variety of things – from providing free clinical services, screenings and education programs to working with juvenile offenders and providing activities for senior citizens.

We also realize that the health of a community isn’t just physical and mental – it’s economic and spiritual as well. That’s why we offer a myriad of programs that address all of these important issues.

It’s been said that when we leave this earth we can take with us nothing that we have received – only what we have given. We strive to give with a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.

Move For Life

The INTEGRIS Health Move For Life program began in 2003 to combat the rising problem of childhood obesity. This school-based agenda helps educate children about the importance of nutrition and physical activity. Move For Life reaches out to elementary school children between the ages of 5 and 11. An additional group of children and their parents attend Move For Life classes that are held weekly at INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center. Both groups are taught nutrition, the importance of physical activity and behavioral changes. Each group receives information about realistic body image and role modeling. The program is being used in three elementary schools with approximately 1000 participants.

Baptist Community Clinic

Since 1993, the Baptist Community Clinic has been providing free medical services three times a month to uninsured adults and children. Immunizations are available for children, and Pap smears and mammograms are available for uninsured women ages 39 to 64 through the Take Charge program. Health services are provided on a first come, first served basis. Referrals for further treatment are usually provided at no cost or at a reduced fee. Most medications and monthly refills are also furnished free of charge. Providing more than 177,000 office visits and several million dollars in charitable services, the Baptist Community Clinic is committed to closing health care ‘gaps’ in this community.

Hispanic Health Fair

More than 2,000 Hispanics attend the annual Hispanic Health Fair cosponsored by INTEGRIS Health and the American Red Cross to receive resources on health and wellness, safety, security and a variety of health screenings to improve lives, minds and bodies. Cancer Check screenings are offered along with cholesterol, glucose, diabetes and blood pressure screenings as well as stroke assessments. Area non-profit agencies, specializing in a variety of educational and health-related services, provide valuable information to participants. With the number of Hispanics in the Oklahoma City area increasing every day, the need to embrace and provide them health information is essential. The INTEGRIS Hispanic Health Fair has impacted thousands of Hispanics in the Oklahoma City area since 1987.

Power To End Stroke: First Annual Gospel Fest

Through INTEGRIS Health’s generous sponsorship, the May 31, 2008, event pulled record numbers for a first time event – between 2000 and 2200 people. They came for life saving stroke messages and essential tools to reduce their risk for stroke such as the Healthy Soul Food cookbook and the “shape your family tree” brochure that helps people trace stroke and heart disease risk factors in their family. Following the event, PTES ambassadors were equipped with tools kits that allow them to conduct stroke education and awareness outreach in their communities. Many churches, a mainstay of the African American community, are engaged with the PTES campaign messages, tools and resources.

INTEGRIS’ values can be identified by three simple but very powerful concepts of Love, Learn and Lead.

Love

• Treat self and others with kindness, dignity and respect
• Be patient and forgiving
• Serve others with a caring heart

Learn

• Listen, ask and be open
• Improve every day
• Understand our business
• Create a learning environment

Lead

• Seek and provide direction and vision
• Expect and acknowledge excellence
• Demonstrate honesty
• Develop relationships
• Show courage to make a difference
• Lead by example

Additional Programs:

• Positive Directions Mentoring Program

• Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program

• Young at Heart Senior Prom

• Gang Intervention Program

• Essential Tremor Support

• Hispanic Health Fair

• Baptist Free Clinic

• Camp Funnybone

• Celebration of Life

• Adopt-A-Family

• Senior Café

• Move for Life

• Cyber Café

• On Your Own

• Asian Health Fair

• Latina Luncheons

• Free Spanish Classes

• Gatekeeper Response

• Senior Awareness Day

• Alzheimer's Support Group

• Healthy Heart Walkers Club

• Fire and Fall Prevention Seminars

• AARP Driver Safety and Education

• Memory Loss Presentation and Screening