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Ascension Michigan (formerly St. John Providence Health System) is a not-for-profit Catholic health system in the U.S. state of Michigan. A division of Ascension Health, it currently operates four hospitals in Southwestern Michigan, having previously operated in mid-Michigan and Metro Detroit. [1] Prior to its acquisition by Ascension, it was headquartered in Warren, Michigan. [2]

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The organization had more than 18,000 employees and operates 2,033 licensed beds. [3]

History

Predecessor systems

In 1910 the Providence Hospital opened in Detroit. The Sisters of St. Joseph built St. John Hospital in 1952, [4] with 250 beds and 70 employees on Moross Road at the old Beaupre farm in a section called the “widow’s dower.” Work on the hospital began immediately following the groundbreaking ceremony on March 8, 1948, the feast of St. John of God (who in 1540 established a house to harbor poor and sick persons). Four-and-a-half year old Brenda Kay Earle was the hospital's first patient on May 15, 1952. Also in that year, Randall John Stewart was the first baby born there. In 2006, there were 4,900 employees and a 700-member medical staff. The hospital's Emergency Room treated 8,287 patients during 1956, its first year.[ citation needed ] Fr. Solanus Casey, the first United States-born man to be declared "venerable" by the Roman Catholic Church, died on July 31, 1957, in St. John Hospital (in Room 305 of the old wing, which has a plaque outside the door) at the age of 86. [5]

In the 1960s Providence Hospital moved to Southfield. [4]

The Men's Guild began in 1948 and is believed to have been the first men's hospital fund raising group in the United States. It has 750 members that support its philanthropic efforts, highlighted by the Annual Guild Dinner.[ citation needed ]

St. John Providence

The system started in 1999 with the merger of the Providence Health System and the St. John Health System into the St. John Health System due to the merger of the two systems' respective Roman Catholic congregation sponsors, the Daughters of Charity and the Sisters of St. Joseph, into Ascension Health. [4] The St. John Hospital System, under Anthony R. Tersigni, grew from four to ten hospitals. In May 2000 he was appointed as the senior vice president of Ascension Health's Great Lakes Division. [1]

By 2001, the Emergency Center staff was treating more than 76,400 patients as a major level-two emergency center for the east side community.[ citation needed ]

In 2003 the hospital stated that it expected to have a $40 million loss for its 2004 fiscal year. [6] In 2003 the system supported a proposed Michigan law that would allow the state health systems to move more hospital beds from Detroit to the suburbs. [7]

In 2008 the system had 18,000 employees. On April 8 of that year Patricia A. Maryland, the system CEO, announced that as part of an $85 million cost cutting restructuring, the company planned to lay off 300 non-clinical workers with almost 50 management positions being cut. She also announced that the system would not fill 100 job vacancies, including 40 vacancies for management positions. [8]

In 2010 St. John Health System was renamed to the St. John Providence Health System. The organization officials stated that "Providence" was added to the name in order to reflect the system's "spiritually centered patient care experience". [4] The system was acquired by Ascension in 2018, and adopted the name Ascension Michigan. Accordingly, the names of the hospitals changed to their current names. [9]

Divestiture of Metro Detroit and Mid-Michigan operations

In August 2024, Ascension sold four hospitals in Saginaw, Standish, and Tawas to MyMichigan Health. [10] Later, in September 2024, the system's Metro Detroit and Greater Flint operations were transferred to Henry Ford Health, as a result of a joint venture between the organizations. [11]

Hospitals

Ascension Michigan currently operates the following hospitals: [9]

Former

St. John previously operated the St. John NorthEast Community Hospital in Detroit. It had 295 beds. [14] By 2003 the health system stated that it will remake the hospital into an outpatient center. In 2003 The Holy Cross Foundation made an initial offer to buy the hospital. The St. John System rejected the initial offer and stated that it still planned to remake the hospital, but the Holy Cross Foundation planned to make another offer. [15]

In 2007 the St. John Riverview Hospital in Detroit closed. [16] In 2011 the system sold the St. John Senior Community Center and the closed Riverview Hospital, both in Detroit, to DRSN, an investment group. [16]

Child health care

St. John Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) opened in 1970. St. John is also a regional referral center for high-risk pregnancies. In 1952 there were 855 births took place in the first delivery rooms back versus 3,893 in 2001 at the St. John Birthing Center. The facility is able to serve 31 mothers, infants and families for labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum care.

Surgery

St. John offers diagnostic, surgical and non-surgical cardiac treatment. The first laparoscopic gallbladder removal procedure in Michigan was performed in 1989 at St. John. The Transplant Specialty Center opened in 1990 and in 1992 the first pancreas transplant took place. In 1993, the first kidney removal using a laparoscope was performed. Before the end of 2000, the Transplant Specialty Center had performed its 500th organ transplant.

Cancer care

The St. John Hospital and Medical Center Oncology Department began in 1968 and is now located in the recently opened Van Elslander Cancer Center (VECC) on the hospital's campus. The 69,000-square-foot (6,400 m2) facility focuses on offering holistic treatment and conventional cancer therapies.

Affiliated with the University of Michigan Cancer Center Network, the VanElslander Cancer Center, along with the University of Michigan and other St. John Health System hospitals treats more than 14,000 new cancer cases every year.

Medical education

St. John Providence teaching hospitals educate new physicians in family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, OB/GYN, radiology, pathology, pediatrics, podiatric surgery and emergency medicine for physicians' post-medical school training, plus residency in Pharmacy Practices for post-degree students. In addition, St. John serves as a practical training site for students of Nursing, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Science, and Physical and Occupational Therapy, among others.

Controversies

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the hospital by Alexander Morris, lead singer of the Four Tops. [17]

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  16. 1 2 "St. John sells two Detroit facilities."[ dead link ] The Detroit News . February 1, 2011. Retrieved on July 4, 2013. "The Detroit News St. John Providence Health System said Monday that it has sold the former Riverview Hospital and its St. John Senior Community on East Warren in Detroit to an investment group. DRSN, led by Franklin attorney Richard Levin, plans to turn the Jefferson Avenue hospital, which closed in 2007, into a skilled nursing community. Renovations will begin immediately, and completion is expected this spring, according to a news release. A sales price is not being[...]" - Available in the archives of The Detroit News under the ID det-96806319. Also under the title "St. John Health sells Riverview hospital."[ dead link ] on January 31, 2011.
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