AT A GLANCE: Addressing problem of the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa

The future of the OSU hospital and its residency program remained uncertain as officials from the state, city of Tulsa and St. John continued this week to discuss the best way to keep the facility open and subsidize indigent care in the state’s second-largest city.

The OSU residency program plans to move from the OSU Medical Center to the St. Francis Health System in Tulsa on July 1. But that plan has led many in Tulsa to predict that the OSU Medical Center would close and other Tulsa hospitals would not be able to absorb the additional indigent care.

Lex Anderson, chief financial officer for the St. John Health System, said while he couldn’t comment on specifics, "we are working diligently to make certain there is enough capacity in Tulsa’s medical infrastructure so that all citizens can continue to find access to care when they need it the most.”

He said financial stability would require increased funding for indigent care and for medical education.

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