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[Memorial Healthcare], located in Owosso, Michigan, is a 148-bed supported by a medical staff of 175 primary care and specialty physicians and over 1,100 employees. In addition to its main campus in Owosso, the facility operates satellite locations for services such as lab, x-ray, occupational medicine and rehabilitation in Chesaning, Durand, and Perry. It serves over 105,000 residents of the greater Shiawassee County area and is the county's largest employer.

Over 5,000 inpatients and approximately 25,000 emergency department patients are treated at Memorial's main campus each year. Throughout the region, care is provided to approximately 245,000 outpatients annually including services in outpatient surgery, diagnostic testing, physician office visits, home care visits, occupational medicine, and urgent care. Memorial has collaborative working relationships with area schools, the county health department, employers, and other community agencies in the provision of some of these services.

Memorial patients rate their satisfaction with overall care and services exceptionally high---within the top quartile of a database comparing over 700 other hospitals.

Accrediations include: The Joint Commission, American College of Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging), Michigan Department of Community Health (Diabetes Counseling, Home Health & Laboratory), College of American Pathologists (Laboratory), American Diabetes Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (Sleep Center), Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan (Home Health), and Medicare/Medicaid (Home Health).

Recent awards and recognitions include: Hospitals & Health Networks' Top 100 Most Wired Hospital (7th consecutive year, Governor's (Michigan) Awards of Excellence for Improving Care in Ambulatory Care Setting and the Ludwig Community Benefit Award.

Affiliations include: a partnership with Ingham Regional Medical Center which brings more than 40 years of clinical excellence in heart and vascular service to our patients in Owosso, top accreditation through the American College of Surgeons Commission on Accreditation (Cancer Center), a partnership with McLaren Regional Medical Center for the provision of radiation therapy.

Memorial Healthcare is a clinical teaching site for students nurses from Lansing Community College, Baker College-Owosso, and University of Michigan-Flint.