With latest deals, only one independent hospital left in Metro Detroit

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Economics

 

The metropolitan area of Detroit soon will only have one independent hospital left, as Crittenton Hospital Medical Center has announced its intent to join Ascension Health Michigan and Mercy Memorial Hospital System has disclosed plans to join Promedica, a healthcare company serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, reports The Detroit News.  

“With the exception of Doctor’s Hospital in Pontiac, all of the other hospitals are part of a system,” said Laura Wotruba, spokeswoman for the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, according to the story.

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Metro Detroit down to its last independent hospital

Laura Pedulli

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