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"I would hope everyone that is in this unit gets to have Isabelle as their nurse. She was so kind and open-minded to all my needs ."   McLaren Greater Lansing nurse Isabelle Beck was honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the exceptional care nurses provide every day. The nomination, submitted by a patient read as follows: “Isabelle made me feel so comfortable and kept my spirits up while I was sick. She was able to ho...

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Lawrence and Idell Weisberg Cancer Center in Farmington Hills has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy). Certified physicians and medical physicis...

"I was just trying to do what you would do for someone you care about ."   McLaren Greater Lansing nurse Rita Ashcroft was honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's program to recognize the exceptional care nurses provide every day. The nomination, submitted by on of Ashcroft's co-workers reads as follows: "Rita floated to the 7 East department to help us while we were short-staffed, and it was her first time in this nursing unit." Ashcroft i...

"McLaren Greater Lansing earned a High Performing designation in recognition of maternity care as measured by factors such as newborn complication rates."   U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named McLaren Greater Lansing as a 2022-2023 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy). This is the highest award a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. The annual evaluation is designed to ...

"Our employees and design-build teams worked side-by-side to build a state-of-the-art health care campus that will care for our community for generations to come ."   Engineering News-Record (ENR) Midwest has awarded McLaren Greater Lansing an Award of Merit in in its 2022 Best Projects competition . An independent panel of Application Engineering Company (AEC) experts reviewed a total of 64 projects. Of those projects, 13 received Best Projects recognition and 10 received Awards of Merit across 16...

For the 10 th consecutive year, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Cancer Care by the Women’s Choice Award ® , America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care. The award signifies that Karmanos is in the top 10 percent of 4,729 U.S. hospitals offering cancer care services. Karmanos has received this honor since the inception of the award in 2014. “This award speaks to our excellence in the care of cancer patients.  We are proud...

Elisabeth Heath, M.D., FACP , leader of the Genitourinary Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and member of the Phase 1 Clinical Trials MDT at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, has received grant renewal from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue membership in the prestigious Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium (PCCTC) program. The Prostate Cancer Clinical Consortium Award is a peer-reviewed, competitive grant. Peers include scientific researchers at universities and cancer center...

"From day one our design-build teams worked together with our clinicians to build a hospital that is not only beautiful, but provides the best experience for our patients and visitors ."   McLaren Greater Lansing is proud to announce that the new hospital project won a National Award of Merit in the Healthcare Facilities category from the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) . The McLaren Greater Lansing hospital project was one of three health care projects from across the country to win this ...

Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit now has a five-star overall rating, the highest rating possible, from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services. The overall quality star rating compares the hospital’s performance to others across the country. The rating system includes five categories of quality: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care. Medicare provides the star-rating of each hospital on its Care Compare website, a user-friendly interface where ...

Port Huron, MI – McLaren Port Huron has been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for 2022-23 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings, now in their 8th year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for common conditions and procedures. McLaren Port Huron earned High Performing ratings for: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Heart Attack Heart Failure Kidney Failure These ratings recog...