Genesys Regional Medical Ctr

Description

About Us
Genesys Health System a member of Ascension Health is a group of affiliated medical campuses outpatient centers primary care locations and ancillary health care organizations with a mission and history of improving our communitys health for over 80 years As the leading health care provider in midMichigan Genesys is anchored by a 21st century inpatient facility Genesys Regional Medical Center at Health Park one of the first medical centers of its kind built both clinically and architecturally around a patientfocused care philosophy

Genesys is accredited by JCAHO HFAP Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program and the state of Michigan Department of Consumer amp Industry Services MDCIS

With operating revenues of over 410 million Genesys is a regionally integrated health care delivery system comprised of a complete continuum of care primarily servicing Genesee Shiawassee Lapeer Oakland Livingston and Tuscola counties with an additional four counties in the secondary market Over 140 family physicians in the Genesys network act as health advocates offering ready resource to outpatient ambulatory care physical medicine treatment and mental health services Recuperative or extended care is available at Genesys Convalescent Center and Genesys Hospice provides a muchneeded care base for those with a lifelimiting diagnosis In addition Genesys offers numerous inhome services including home health care medical equipment and supplies respite care and other related home care personnel and services For those immediate urgent or emergent needs Genesys provides after hours clinics in three locations evenings weekends and holidays and full service emergency care in three locations ready to handle any major illness or injury

History

The Genesys Story
Our story begins at a time when America was booming and Flint had established itself as the Vehicle City It was the Roaring Twenties The towns population was rapidly growing and struggling to provide healthcare services to keep up with its growth

At the request of Bishop Michael J Gallagher from the Diocese of Detroit four Sisters of St Joseph came from Nazareth Kalamazoo Michigan to establish St Joseph Hospital in Flint The Sisters of St Joseph brought with them a mission of caring for all people in need that began with the founding of their order in France during the 1600s

The Sisters arrived in Flint on September 25 1920 to open St Joseph Hospital in the former Thomas Stockton residence at 720 Ann Arbor St Renovations and other major improvements were made to transform the stately home into a 53bed hospital When St Joseph Hospital officially opened on May 5 1921 twelve beds were already occupied and by the end of its first year the hospital treated 448 patients

The Sisters of St Joseph eventually purchased the building from the Diocese and after seven years of operation the old building was crowded beyond capacity So the Sisters decided to build a larger hospital at another site

In March 1929 they purchased about twentysix acres way out in the country on the Dallas Dort estate on the east side of Flint At the time they were criticized for leaving the city and abandoning the people After all it was about four miles away and very few people had transportation Nevertheless the Sisters saw a need and pursued it

A community campaign helped to raise 1250000 to build the new hospital However the nation was in the midst of the Great Depression which prevented hundreds of subscribers from paying their pledges and stalled the construction progress for several years But the Sisters persisted and by New Years Day 1936 the new hospital opened

During the same year Dr JA Still introduced the areas first osteopathic hospital when he opened Still Osteopathic Hospital a fivebed facility in a converted apartment house on Detroit Street in Flint Ten years later in 1946 the Still Osteopathic Hospital was renamed Flint Osteopathic Hospital The hospital then had eighteen beds and would experience several construction and renovation projects n the coming years

Following World War II the nation was facing community health risks such as tuberculosis In 1949 to help treat the areas tuberculosis patients the country opened the 143bed Genesee County Tuberculosis Sanitarium at 702 Ballenger Road on the west side of Flint

The decade of the 1950s in the Flint area was marked by big celebrations the Flint Centennial Buick and General Motors 50th Anniversary and the production of the 50 millionth GM car This was also a time when the areas healthcare was booming with seven hospitals and 2200 hospital beds

St Joseph Hospital continued to grow and expand It opened the St Joseph School of Nursing in 1951 built an east wing in 1956 with an xray department emergency operating and delivery rooms and then in 1958 expanded to add 150 more patient beds bringing St Josephs Hospitals capacity up to 408 beds and 80 bassinets

By 1959 Flint Osteopathic Hospital had outgrown its location and began major construction on a new 242bed facility on 18 acres at the corner of Ballenger and Beecher Roads right next to the Genesee County Tuberculosis Sanitarium Construction for the hospital was completed in 1960

By 1963 tuberculosis cases had declined significantly and the Genesee County Tuberculosis Sanitarium as incorporated as Genesee Memorial Hospital Eventually Genesee Memorial Hospital expanded its capacity to 193 beds

While St Joseph and Flint Osteopathic Hospitals continued to thrive a hospital in the rural community of Goodrich in southeast Genesee County was not faring as well In 1961 Goodrich General Hospital closed after serving the community since being founded by Amos Wheelock MD in 1916

The Goodrich community quickly rallied around the cause About 100 residents gathered at a public meeting and submitted pledges and received additional support from the Industrial Mutual Association Mott Foundation and General Motors

Three years and 650000 later the community built a fullservice 53bed hospital on 87 acres on Michigan Route 15 The hospital was named Wheelock Memorial Hospital in memory of the founder of Goodrichs original hospital

In the 1960s and early 70s St Joseph Hospital continued to expand introducing an outpatient clinic intensive care unit cardiac diagnostic lab radiation therapy nuclear medicine and a 26bed medical isolation ward which raised the hospitals total number of beds to 423

Flint Osteopathic Hospital also complete expansion and remodeling projects in the 1970s including a four story patient wing and ancillary wing with administrative offices an emergency room physical therapy department education wing and a sixbed intensive care unit

St Joseph Hospital continued to modernize its facility and provided additional space for physicians staff and patients in 1976 However the Hospital had been added to many times and its original 1930s design was becoming outdated and inflexible So St Joseph started considering a major new hospital building project

By 1980 healthcare was changing daily Like many communities across the country Flint and Genesee County were facing growing healthcare dilemmas such as too many hospital beds skyrocketing costs and declining reimbursements In addition the state had issued a bed reduction plan requiring Genesee County to delicense 387 beds

Following some deep soul searching and strategic planning the Sisters of St Joseph and the Board of Trustees for St Joseph Hospital formed a holding company named Kensington Health Systems in 1980 The System changed its mission from one of caring for people when they are sick to keeping people healthy The management believed prevention is the most costefficient from of healthcare and would ultimately help businesses like General Motors to survive in our community

From its start the Systems goal has been to carry out its health mission and build a full range of healthcare services to continue meeting the communitys needs for many generations to come

Over the next year the System quickly started affiliating with and establishing a variety of community healthcare organizations including a 95bed skilled nursing home in Grand Blanc a certified nonprofit home health agency an adult day care center and an ambulatory health services and professional care management company

Then in 1982 Kensington Health Systems was renamed to St Joseph Health Systems It continued its affiliations as well as establishing the Center for Gerontology to house a geriatric assessment program and provide coordinated means of addressing the health needs of elderly persons

However the issue of hospital bed reduction continued to affect the community St Joseph Health Systems was committed to addressing this issue and eventually affiliated with Flint General Hospital in October 1981 and Wheelock Memorial Hospital in July 1982

Flint General Hospital was a 115bed hospital which later was named Family Hospital The area it served actually needed more primary care Because of this low occupancy and financial problems eventually prompted the Systems Board of Trustees to close and sell Family Hospital in 1983 It became known as Hamilton Family Health Center and St Joseph Health Systems applied the money from the sale toward a 1 million decade of commitment to create the Healthy Students 2000 initiative

In 1984 St Joseph Health Systems created a forprofit affiliate to provide home respiratory therapy durable medical equipment and other services That same year St Joseph Family Medical Group was incorporated as a forprofit joint venture with primary care physicians

By 1987 still determined to address the issue of too many hospitals as well as growing demands for managed care and healthcare reform St Joseph Health Systems began affiliation discussions with the HealthSource Group the parent holding company of Flint Osteopathic Hospital On March 25 1988 HealthSource Group and its related organizations affiliated with St Joseph Health Systems One year later Genesee Memorial Hospital affiliated with St Joseph Health Systems

St Joseph Health Systems had successfully affiliated with four of the remaining six hospitals The longrange plans were to eventually merge the four hospitals

In the meantime there was still the problem of outdated and underoccupied facilities It would cost too much to update and expand any of the existing hospitals If the System was ever going to merge all employees and physicians into a single facility it would need a new location with a new name to be accepted by all four hospitals

With a great deal of consideration and extensive studies the System decided to build one new hospital And in February 1992 St Joseph Health System filed for a Certificate of need to consolidate its 908 beds into one new 379bed hospital in Grand Blanc Township

A Certificate of Need was approved in July and by November 1992 there was a new beginning for healthcare in the Flint area St Joseph Health Systems changed its name to Genesys Health System and the names of its four hospitals to Genesys Regional Medical Center Under the new name the four hospitals were identified as Flint Osteopathic Campus Genesee Memorial Campus St Joseph Campus and Wheelock Memorial Campus

In the years leading up to the opening of the new hospital Genesys continued to make strides in developing a truly integrated healthcare system Another key component for the longterm vision of Genesys was the establishment of a Physician Hospital Organization Today this is known as the Genesys PHO

In February 1997 Genesys made history by consolidating its four hospitals into one with the opening of Genesys Regional Medical Center at Health Park which began serving patients on Saturday Feb 15 at 7 am the same time patients began moving from St Joseph Hospital and then Flint Osteopathic In its first 24 hours of operation GRMC
treated 54 Emergency Department admissions including a patient suffering a heart attack who was brought in by helicopter from Alpena Michigan some 200 miles north and delivered five babies the hospitals first baby Brandon Michael Padot was born on Feb 15 at 1045 am

In 1999 our founding sponsors made national history The Sisters of St Joseph and the Daughters of Charity joined their health ministries and systems to create Ascension Health This allowed them to continue their vital role in the tradition and mission of Catholic healthcare As a member of Ascension Health our values at Genesys have emerged We are called to

Service of the Poor
Reverence
Integrity
Wisdom
Creativity
Dedication

Since opening in 1997 Genesys Regional Medical Center has continued to gain recognition for its clinical excellence The 410bed center includes a level II emergency trauma center with a cardiac rapid diagnostic center that was built in 2006 the Genesys Heart Institute the Family Birthing Center and expanded clinical expertise in neurosciences orthopedics geriatric services oncology and minimally invasive surgical procedures in almost every specialty area

Today as the flagship of Genesys Health System the hospital stands proudly as the centerpiece of the several hundred acre Health Park campus which continues to develop as well In 2001 the Genesys Athletic Club opened on the campus to become one of the largest and most comprehensive health fitness and sports facilities in the nation Several years later 600 Health Park was constructed to house outpatient services as Genesys concurrently continued focus on building its ambulatory business

The Genesys PHO has solidified its position as a physician alliance capable of serving several hundred thousand people in our community Today over 150 primary care physicians in the Genesys network act as health advocates offering ready resources to outpatient ambulatory care physical medicine treatment substance abuseaddiction treatment and mental health services

Furthermore recuperative or extended care is available at Genesys Convalescent Center and Genesys Hospice Care Center the former location of Wheelock Memorial Hospital provides a muchneeded care base for those with a lifelimiting diagnosis In addition Genesys offers numerous inhome services including home health care pharmaceuticalmedical supplies equipment oxygen services respite care and other related home care services

Today as the regions leading healthcare provider and one of its top employers Genesys Health System remains thoroughly committed to the medical economic and spiritual vitality of our community Every day we literally serve and touch the lives of thousands of people in this region In addition to standards of care that are continually ranked among the nations best for clinical excellence Genesys also provides more than 27 million in charity care uncompensated services and community benefits We support numerous communitybased programs that help the uninsured get the access to care they so desperately need Thats because our mission calls on us to improve the health and wellbeing of our community wherever and whenever we are needed

When the System formed in 1980 it had just over 2500 employees Today our more than 5000 ambassadors our employees physicians volunteers and community partners are carrying out a faithbased health ministry that spans centuries From the start our founding religious sponsors the Daughters of Charity and Sisters of St Joseph actively went out into the cities of medieval France to tend to the suffering they found among the poor and sick Almost 400 years later Genesys continues this great and sacred work