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Recent awards and recognitions for McLaren Bay Region.

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Explore recent honors earned by McLaren Bay Region.

Three McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute Top Executives Recognized in DBusiness Magazine’s ‘Detroit 500’ List

September 3, 2024

Three McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute Top Executives Recognized in DBusiness Magazine’s ‘Detroit 500’ List

President and CEO of McLaren Health Care, Philip A. Incarnati, President and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Boris C. Pasche, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, and President of the Karmanos Cancer Hospital and Karmanos Cancer Network, Brian R. Gamble, have been included in this year’s “Detroit 500.” An annual feature from DBusiness Magazine, the “Detroit 500” compiles the 500 most influential business leaders in metro Detroit. Individuals are selected based on several factors, including the company o...

McLaren Bay Region Earns ‘Gold Seal’ Comprehensive Accreditation from The Joint Commission

McLaren Bay Region Earns ‘Gold Seal’ Comprehensive Accreditation from The Joint Commission

McLaren Bay Region, the 415-bed acute care hospital serving the Great Lakes Bay Region, has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for Comprehensive Accreditation from The Joint Commission, the health care industry’s leading accreditation organization. An achievement representative of the exceptional level of safe, quality care provided within the facility, it was earned by the hospital’s continuous compliance to these high standards. The three-year accreditation following a thorough, rigorous, and unannounce...

McLaren's Dr. Justin Klamerus Named a ‘CMO to Know’

McLaren's Dr. Justin Klamerus Named a ‘CMO to Know’

McLaren Health Care Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Justin Klamerus, for the second consecutive year, has been named a ‘CMO to Know’ by Becker’s Hospital Review . Compiled annually, clinical leaders listed are those who “champion patient safety, uphold rigorous quality standards, act as liaisons between leadership teams and medical staff, manage risk” and strive for “continuous improvement.” A leading industry publication covering all aspects of health care, Becker’s, in its char...

McLaren, Karmanos listed among best oncology programs in US

October 9, 2023

McLaren, Karmanos listed among best oncology programs in US

McLaren Health Care has been included on the 2023 list of “100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs” compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review. The health system has Michigan’s largest network of oncology centers, the Karmanos Cancer Network , anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit. The list includes the premier providers of cancer care from across the country, many of which are National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Oncology Centers. The oncology programs p...

Top executives at McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute recognized on DBusiness Magazine’s “Detroit 500” list

August 14, 2023

Top executives at McLaren Health Care, Karmanos Cancer Institute recognized on DBusiness Magazine’s “Detroit 500” list

President and CEO of McLaren Health Care, Philip A. Incarnati, and President of Karmanos Cancer Hospital and Network, Brian R. Gamble, have been included in this year’s “Detroit 500.” An annual feature from DBusiness Magazine, the “Detroit 500” compiles the 500 most influential business leaders in metro Detroit. Individuals are selected based on several factors, including the company or organization size, growth rate, geographical reach and extensive personal contacts. View the complete “Detroit 500” li...

McLaren Bay Region is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality stroke care

McLaren Bay Region is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality stroke care

McLaren Bay Regions’ Stroke Program has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines ® - Stroke GoldPlus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nut...

Karmanos Cancer Institute and Network ranked as the preferred cancer provider in Michigan

Karmanos Cancer Institute and Network ranked as the preferred cancer provider in Michigan

The Karmanos Cancer Institute , the world renowned cancer center based in Detroit, for the first time since joining McLaren Health Care in 2014 has become the preferred cancer treatment provider in Michigan. A subsidiary of McLaren, the three-state, 14-hospital health system, the Karmanos Cancer Network of treatment facilities stretches across the state, from Petoskey to Detroit, and recently expanded into Ohio. In a poll conducted by NRC Health, 11.4 percent of statewide respondents named Karmanos and ...

McLaren Bay Region Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by Newsweek

McLaren Bay Region Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by Newsweek

McLaren Bay Region was named to Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have provided exceptional care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Best Maternity Care Hospitals is part of Newsweek’s Best Health Care series, powered by data from The Leapfrog Group. Best Maternity Care Hospitals were first designated in 2020. “McLaren Bay Region is honored to be the only hospital in the Great Lakes Bay...

December 12, 2019

McLaren Bay Special Care Awarded Hospital Accreditation From the Joint Commission

McLaren Bay Special Care has once again earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval ® for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. McLaren Bay Special Care underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review September 30 – October 2, 2019. During the visit, a Joint Commission reviewer evaluated compliance with hosp...

December 5, 2018

The Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region Receives Recognition for High-Quality Cancer Care from Largest Oncology Society in United States

The Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Bay Region has been recognized by the QOPI ® Certification Program LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO ® ), as successfully completing a three-year certification program for outpatient hematology-oncology practices that meet nationally recognized standards for quality cancer care. The QOPI ® Certification Program builds on ASCO’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI ® ). “On behalf of Drs. Cook, Abramson, ...

McLaren Bay Region Receives 2019 Governor's Award of Excellence

McLaren Bay Region Receives 2019 Governor's Award of Excellence

McLaren Bay Region has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2018. McLaren Bay Region is one of only 95 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes McLaren Bay Region’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Associ...

McLaren Bay Region Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients

McLaren Bay Region Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients

McLaren Bay Region has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2018. McLaren Bay Region is one of only 95 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes McLaren Bay Region’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Associ...

McLaren Bay Region awarded the Energy to Care Award for reduction in energy utilization

McLaren Bay Region was awarded the Energy to Care Award. The American Society of Health Care Engineering (ASHE) has awarded the hospital with a national award for the reduction in energy utilization. The award is given to hospitals who reduce their energy consumption by a number greater than 10% in a single year. Energy use is defined as weather normalized source EUI in units of KBtus/sf/yr.

Nurses honored at the eighth annual Carleen K. Moore R.N. Nursing Excellence awards ceremony

Two McLaren Bay Region nurses were honored at the eighth annual Carleen K. Moore R.N. Nursing Excellence awards ceremony. Brenda Harris works in the McLaren Bay Region electrophysiology lab and is one of three recipients of the Nursing in the Acute Care Environment award. Jennifer Whyte works as a behavioral health program manager at MBR. She is the recipient of the Nursing Education award.

Bay City McLaren Homecare Group Receives SHPBest Superior Performer Award

Bay City McLaren Homecare Group Receives SHPBest Superior Performer Award

Read about our award here. The Bay City McLaren Homecare team was awarded the Strategic Healthcare Programs Home Health Patient Satisfaction Award on July 28, 2017. This Superior Performer award recognizes our ranking in the top 20% of SHP clients on our HHCAHPS scores and rewards the priority we place on patient satisfaction. The annual SHPBest™ program was created to acknowledge home health agencies that consistently provide high quality service to their patients. With the largest HHCAHPS bench...

McLaren Bay Region EMS Receives American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Recognition Award

McLaren Bay Region EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Bronze Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the deadliest type of heart attack caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires timely treatment. To prevent death, it’s critical to restore blood flow as quickly as possible, ei...

McLaren Bay Region’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Program Earned Three-Year Accreditation by CARF

McLaren Bay Region’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Program Earned Three-Year Accreditation by CARF

McLaren Bay Region’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Program has earned a three-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International) for its Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Program for Adults and as a Stroke Specialty Program. This award is the hospital’s ninth consecutive three-year accreditation. CARF accreditation represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance ...

McLaren Bay Special Care Achieves PCAB Accreditation

McLaren Bay Special Care proudly announces its achievement of Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB), a service of Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), for patient specific prescriptions of sterile compounds. The accreditation is awarded in recognition of the pharmacy’s commitment to meeting and/or exceeding national quality standards. Achieving accreditation is a process where healthcare organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. PCAB accreditation reflects an or...