Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation

Programs: The physicians of michigan heart & vascular specialists provide compassionate, high-quality, and state-of-the-art cardiovascular and thoracic services from diagnostic evaluation through outpatient consultation and inpatient hospital care. Specialty clinics include heart rhythm, heart failure, and structural heart disease. The cardiac department includes 15 physicians and 4 mid-levels that provide specialized care to patients in the cath lab, cardiovascular unit (cvu), and office setting. The cath lab has 3 procedure rooms, performing over 1,000 procedures in 2017. The cvu has 38 beds. Physicians travel to 12 locations throughout northern michigan and the eastern upper peninsula providing convenient and expert care close to home. A mobile diagnostics unit travels to select outreach locations.

the vitalcare hospice program provides compassionate, professional assistance to patients in the home, nursing care facilities, or a hospice house. Services include, but are not limited to, skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech therapy, aid services, and bereavement counseling. Treating the whole patient is a primary focus, taking into consideration the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. In 2017, vitalcare hospice provided 53,141 days of patient care to 1,093 patients. Service areas include hospice of sunrise shores (alpena area), hospice of the straits (cheboygan area), hospice of little traverse bay (petoskey area), and two hospice houses, hiland cottage (petoskey) and hospice house (cheboygan).

to meet the state of michigan's trauma care system regulations launched on december 31, 2017, mclaren northern michigan is working to become a level ii trauma designated center. This means expanded services, treating more conditions, and seeing more patients in petoskey without having to transfer them to another hospital. Mclaren northern michigan started to pursue level ii designation in 2014, and has taken all of the necessary steps to be verified as a trauma center. According to the state of michigan, mclaren northern michigan is already considered to be functioning as a level ii trauma center and can address the clinical needs of trauma patients with level ii injuries (such as long bone fracture or a closed head injury). As part of its commitment to provide health care as we expect for our own family, achieving level ii trauma center designation at mclaren northern michigan ensures that no matter where a person is injured in northern michigan, he or she will be assured expeditious transport to the appropriate level of care. During 2017, 1,097 patients were served and 40 helmets and 35 car seats were distributed.

including but not limited to the following program services:grants to mclaren northern michigan ($2,440,906), grants to related organizations ($932,987), grants to individuals in the community ($765,041), and other program services including pediatric programs at mclaren northern michigan:the pediatric unit is staffed 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week by a pediatric hospitalist who specializes in acute illnesses in the pediatric inpatient setting. The pediatric nurses have special training in the care of children ages newborn to 18 years and are well-skilled in caring for a wide variety of childhood illnesses, as well as those patients requiring surgical interventions. The pediatric staff is also certified in pediatric advanced life support (pals). During 2017, 2,588 patients were served. The pediatric unit has six rooms with a patient capacity of 12 patients. A well-stocked playroom is also available and made possible through a grant to the mclaren northern michigan foundation by the kiwanis of michigan foundation, herman h. Meyer project. This group is responsible for funding for the on-staff child life therapist and supplies many of the toys in the playroom. Videos and video games are available to patients. The pediatric unit also provides diabetes education for children and families and operates a monthly outpatient pediatric diabetic/endocrinology clinic. An infant/child security system helps to provide security and peace of mind for families and patients less than 12 years of age. Through the "partners in children's health" program, helen devos children's hospital offers mclaren northern michigan access to a regional system of health care for children, designed to enhance care "close to home" for children and families.