Sponsors
Marquette General Health System
Marquette General Health System provides regional medical care and services across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Included in the system is the 315-bed specialty care Marquette General Hospital, a federally designated Regional Referral Center and the region's Level II Trauma Center as verified by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. The hospital’s medical staff of more than 200 doctors work as a team with 2,200 employees in caring for approximately 12,000 inpatients and more than 350,000 outpatients a year. www.mgh.org
Northern Michigan University
Located in Marquette, Mich., across the street from Marquette General Hospital, Northern Michigan University is a regional, comprehensive master’s university that offers more than 180 degree programs to a student body of about 9,400. NMU is known for its high-tech learning environment, being one of the largest notebook universities in the United States. It is also a Carnegie Foundation recognized “community-engaged campus,” one of about 200 in the nation NMU and MGHS collaborate on several initiatives, including the awarding-winning Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center and the Your Health lecture series. www.nmu.edu
Superior Health Partners
Superior Health Partners is a new company —a new health care delivery system — formed by Bell Hospital and Marquette General Hospital (MGH). Superior Health Partners will enable more people to receive their health care close to home in the Upper Peninsula. If more patients remain in the U.P. for care, there is tremendous potential to create hundreds of new health care jobs. By combining the resources and management talent of Bell and MGH — and other hospitals that join in the future — Superior Health Partners will focus on enhancing high quality health care services and medical treatments delivered in the U.P. and proactively prepare for national healthcare reforms. This means: improved access, improved clinical quality outcomes and improved patient satisfaction. It will also mean many more healthcare jobs. http://superiorhealthpartners.wordpress.com
