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Work on the $63.5 million patient tower at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena continued on Monday. The project is on track and on budget for an opening in 2022.
ALPENA MidMichigan Health is expanding its footprint in northern Michigan, which hospital officials believe will offer patients better access to health care, better quality of care, and help lower the cost of that care.
MidMichigan Health announced on Friday the Hospital Board of Trustees of War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie agreed to enter into a nonbinding letter of intent with the health system.
Meanwhile, MidMichigan is 10 months into the construction of a new patient tower at its Alpena location and is planning for a new cancer center to be constructed at its Midland location.
MidMichigan Health Easing Visitor Restrictions Starting Today
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There s hasn t been a lot of positivity when it comes to the pandemic but with the numbers slowly going down, it looks like MidMichigan Health is going to ease up on their visitor restriction policies beginning today.
According to Mid-Michigan Now, The medical center inpatient units visiting hours will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The behavioral health units hours remain from 6 to 8 p.m.
Diane Postler-Slattery, president and CEO of MidMichigan Health:
We recognize that an important aspect of care and healing is having a family member or support person with our patients whenever possible. We have been carefully monitoring the number of state and local cases and are pleased to see a steady decline. However, the safety of our patients, visitors and employees is our priority. While we will ease our visitor restrictions, our protocols for health screening, universal masking and so
MidMichigan Health centers receive Leapfrog s patient safety recognition
Dec. 15, 2020
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MidMichigan Health’s Medical Centers recently received annual safety grades and recognition from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety.
For the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, MidMichigan Medical Centers in both Alpena and Midland received ‘A’ grades; MidMichigan Medical Center – Gratiot a ‘B,’ and the Medical Center in West Branch a ‘C.’ MidMichigan Medical Centers in Clare and Gladwin are not graded as they do not meet volume thresholds for scoring or are critical access hospitals. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all general hospitals across the country and updated every six months, each fall and again every spring, assessing how well the hospital prevents medical errors and other harms to patients.
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Alpena Township emergency medical technicians prepare to transport a patient at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena, where signs of appreciation line the lab windows in this March 2020 News archive photo.
ALPENA MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena earned top marks in its latest patient safety scorecard.
The hospital earned an A on its fall report card by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization.
The semiannual report grades hospitals on 27 metrics, including handwashing, patient falls, and infections in the blood, among others. The hospital scored above average in 19 categories, below average in four categories, and average in two categories.
New emergency department slated for Bay City
Public invited to virtual groundbreaking on Dec. 15
Dec. 10, 2020
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An architectural rendering shows the public entrance of the new Emergency Department to be built on the site of MidMichigan Health Park - Bay, 3051 Kiesel Road in Bay City. (Photo provided/MidMichigan Health)
Leaders at MidMichigan Health will soon break ground for a new emergency department, to be built on the site of MidMichigan Health Park – Bay at 3051 Kiesel Road in Bay City.
The new 24/7 emergency department will open in approximately one year with all the capabilities of a hospital-based emergency department. The public is invited to watch the groundbreaking ceremony for the project at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 15, via the MIdMichigan Health Facebook page at www.facebook.com/midmichigan. The event may also be viewed after the ceremony on MidMichigan’s website at www.midmichigan.org/bay.