Health Care IN GRATIOT

County

Offering State-Of-The-Art Care In A Rural Setting

MyMichigan Medical Center Alma is a 97-bed teaching hospital located in Alma, Michigan, specializing in high-quality rural medicine. The Medical Center has been serving the health care needs of residents throughout central Michigan since 1955. It is a member of MyMichigan Health and is affiliated with Michigan Medicine, the health care division of the University of Michigan.

To keep you and your family healthy, we are continuously expanding access to primary care providers including family medicine, internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology. Along with our Medical Center campus in Alma, we have physician offices in Ithaca, Alma, Breckenridge, Shepherd and Mt. Pleasant and on the campus of Alma College. We offer online scheduling; virtual care including telemedicine, video visits and e-visits; and a patient portal for personal access to your health information. We also have convenient urgent care and state-ofthe-art emergency services located at the Medical Center. With an innovative approach to delivering excellent care to patients, our Hospital at Home (Ha) program allows for inpatient level care in the comfort of one’s own home. Besides the lower cost the program provides to patients, additional benefits include receiving care in familiar surroundings, removing traveling costs and eliminating transportation barriers.

Our full range of specialty services include heart and vascular care, cancer care, orthopedics, general and bariatric surgery, urology, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, maternity, behavioral health, pain management, sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, a wound treatment center and rehabilitative services including physical, occupational and speech therapy. Our ongoing investments ensure we have the latest in advanced technology. For example, we have recently added a new $2.6 million Maternity Center, invested $1 million in a Cardiac Catheterization Lab and installed the very latest in MRI technology.

We are currently in the process of a 51,200 square-foot operating room (OR) renovation and expansion project. This $34.5 million, multi-year project will include three new large, state-of-the-art surgical suites; two procedure rooms; private pre-operative and recovery rooms; as well as new sterile processing department with proximity to the OR. Our redesigned patient care areas will offer patients and their families increased privacy and security, as well as an environment of seamless, coordinated care. An additional phase of this project will include a new main entrance to the Medical Center.

What’s more, we are training the health care providers of the future. In 2016, a family medicine residency program was established to train family medicine physicians. Since this program’s start, we’ve exceeded our goal to keep at least 25 percent of graduates right here in Central Michigan. In addition, we partner with area nursing schools and other clinical disciplines to help train future healthcare team members. Our Simulation Lab offers a leading-edge way to train staff in patient assessment skills with life-like manikins that are programmed to present with symptoms and respond to treatments.

Above all, in addition to our patients, we care for our communities. We give back with our time, talent, and treasure through local support of a diversity of charitable, community and development organizations, such as Art Reach of Mid Michigan, the Alma Highland Festival, Central Michigan University, Child Advocacy of Gratiot County, food distributions with East Lansing Food Bank, Toys for Tots, United Way and more.

reclaim their vitality, return to their homes and resume their daily lives. Each of these centers can also become a “home away from home,” where memory and long-term care residents receive around-the-clock nursing care, therapeutic activities and nutritional support while enjoying a home-like atmosphere. Physician, dental, optometry and podiatry are provided within each center. Additionally, as an answer to a critical need for long-term ventilator dependent care, Masonic Pathways recently opened a specialized Assisted Breathing unit. Gratiot County is truly fortunate to have many high-quality options for our Seniors.

Food with Friends

The Commission on Aging assists the citizens of Gratiot County who are 60 years of age and older. Some of the services provided include: Personal Care, Respite Care, Home Delivered Meals, Homemaking, Medicare / Medicaid Assistance, Home Chore / Home Repair, Transportation to Appointments and Caregiver Support. Please contact the office for additional information at 989.875.5246. The Food with Friends locations and times are available at: gratiotmi.com, under Departments > Commission on Aging.

Alma/St. Louis Area at The Filling Station 415 Park Ave, Alma • 989.875.9118

Mon - Fri: 10 am - 2 pm

Breckenridge at the Breckenridge Masonic Temple 122 E Saginaw St, Breckenridge • 989.842.3338

Mon-Wed-Fri: 10 am - 2 pm

Fulton Area at the Fulton Township Hall 3425 W Cleveland Rd, Perrinton • 989.236.5019

Mon-Wed-Fri: 10 am - 2 pm

Ithaca Area at the Senior Activity Building / Senior Center 1011 E North St, Ithaca • 989.875.2135

Mon - Fri: 9 am - 3 pm