Ozarks Community Hospital (OCH)
Karla Myers has over 20 years of work experience in the healthcare industry. Karla began their career in 1998 as a Performance Improvement Facilitator at CoxHealth. From 2000 to 2009, they worked at Ozarks Community Hospital as a Quality and Accreditation Director. During this time, they were responsible for developing and implementing standardized clinical quality data and maintaining accreditation. From 2009 to 2012, Karla served as the Chief Nursing Officer at Ozarks Community Hospital, where they oversaw nursing-related patient care departments and was a key member of the senior management team. Since 2013, they have been working as the Quality and Data Analytics Director at Ozarks Community Hospital, where they are responsible for overseeing clinical data collection and reporting to improve quality and maintain accreditation. Overall, Karla has demonstrated expertise in quality improvement, accreditation, and nursing leadership.
Karla Myers obtained a Bachelor's degree in Nursing Science from Avila University between 1980 and 1984. Following that, they pursued a Master's degree in Nursing with a specialization in Nursing Informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, completing their studies between 2010 and 2013.
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Ozarks Community Hospital (OCH)
Ozarks Community Hospital is a bi-state safety-net healthcare provider headquartered in Gravette, Arkansas, serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Ozarks. Our facilities include a hospital located in Gravette, Arkansas and a number of satellite clinics located in Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. Our hospital offers a 25-bed inpatient and swing bed (skilled nursing) service, a 24-hour ER staffed with board-certified emergency physicians, and a number of other services, including: • Outpatient (Infusions/Transfusions, Geriatric Psych, Wound Care, Restorative Therapies) • Surgery (Endoscopy, General, ENT, Orthopedic, Dental, Podiatry (strike), Plastics) • Mental Health (Inpatient and Outpatient) • Therapy (PT, OT, Speech) • Cardiopulmonary and Sleep Lab • Diagnostic Imaging (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, X-ray) • Comprehensive Hospital & Reference Laboratory The OCH health system takes great pride in providing patients accredited Patient-Centered Medical Homes through a dozen rural health clinics and as part of a broader range of specialty services located in its two provider-based clinics in Gravette, Arkansas and Springfield, Missouri. Specialty clinic services include Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Diabetes Care, Hepatitis C, Urology, Geriatrics, Pain Management, and the FLAG (Fatty Liver and Goals) Clinic. OCH locations can accept Medicaid, Medicare, TriCare and most commercial insurances. Our Mission: Ozarks Community Hospital and clinics are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare and preventive services to all patients in an atmosphere of compassion, respect, and dignity, with a commitment to care for the underserved and to improve access to care.