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Part of the plan includes a new standalone, pediatric outpatient center in Springfield.

The program is offered at both Mercy Springfield and CoxHealth.

Advance care directives can reduce a lot of stress for family members, according to the head of ethics at Mercy Springfield.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, ideally, you should get your flu vaccine by the end of October.

Two major Ozarks health systems shared a rhetorical rivalry this week. After Springfield-based CoxHealth announced a new partnership with St. Louis Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, Mercy Southwest Missouri Communities responded with a written statement that Cox officials later deemed “misleading.”

After a previously announced deal with Mercy Southwest Missouri fell apart back in March, CoxHealth on Tuesday announced a new pediatric partnership with St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Healthcare officials are calling it a “first step.”

The money comes from the Jewell Schweitzer Collective Impact Grant Program at Community Foundation of the Ozarks.

The two organizations announced in November they were working together to elevate children's services in the region.

The Alliance for Healthcare Education is a partnership of four area institutions.

The two organizations entered into a joint venture for the new facility, which could be finished by the end of next year.