McLaren Northern Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, is the beneficiary of a generous $1.875 million grant from The Farmer Foundation and its Trustees Joyce Farmer, Bob Coletti, Scott and Mary Farmer, Amy and George Joseph, and Kendell C. Mountain.
The funds will support the renovation of one of the three cardiac catheterization labs at McLaren Northern Michigan, a move that significantly advances the hospital’s commitment to providing world-class cardiac care to northern Michigan. The increased capacity will also enable the hospital to add a fourth interventional cardiologist.
As the region’s leading provider of advanced cardiovascular care, these substantial funds will fully upgrade and improve the third cardiac cath lab, boosting care capacity and expanding access to critical heart care.
“Expanding our cardiology team and services continues to be a top priority,” said Gar Atchison, McLaren Northern Michigan President and CEO. “A third cath lab will allow us to meet the growing needs of our community with greater speed, precision, and compassion. We are deeply grateful to The Farmer Family Foundation Trustees for their visionary support.”
Performing more than 3,000 procedures in its cardiac cath lab every year, McLaren Northern Michigan is routinely recognized for its expertise and proficiency in cardiovascular care, having been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Fortune and PINC, while also being recognized as ‘High Performing’ by US News & World Report for the heart team’s excellence in its care of heart attacks, heart arrythmias, and heart bypass surgery.
Renovations are expected to be completed next year.
Learn more about the cardiovascular capabilities of McLaren Northern Michigan at mclaren.org/northernmichigan.
About McLaren Northern Michigan
McLaren Northern Michigan is a 202-bed regional referral center located in Petoskey, serving residents in 22 counties across northern Lower Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula. More than 270 physicians represent nearly all medical and surgical specialties, enabling full-service care with an emphasis on cardiology, cancer, orthopedics and neurosciences. McLaren Northern Michigan is a certified Primary Stroke Center, as designated by the Joint Commission. The hospital has a network of primary care providers and specialty care clinics throughout the region, and an outpatient surgery center in Cheboygan. Learn more at mclaren.org/northernmichigan.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Learn more at mclaren.org.