Beaumont Health

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Hospital in Michigan, United States

Beaumont Health

Geography
Location| Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak, Taylor, Trenton, Troy and Wayne, Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States
Organization
Funding| Non-profit hospital
Type| Teaching
Network| Beaumont Health
Services
Emergency department| Level I Trauma Center[1]
Beds| (1,070 in Royal Oak campus), (520 in Troy campus), (250 in Grosse Pointe campus) Trenton campus 193
Helipad| 32MI, Royal Oak,[citation needed] KVLL, Troy[2] and KDET, Grosse Pointe[3]
History
Opened| 1955
Closed| 2023
Links
Website| http://www.beaumont.org/
Lists| Hospitals in Michigan

Beaumont Health was Southeast Michigan’s largest health care system (based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue) and was headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. It was bought out and merged with Spectrum Health of West Michigan in 2023 to form Corewell Health, with the headquarters of the new health system being located in Grand Rapids. At the time of its merger, the health system had a net revenue of $4.7 billion and consisted of eight hospitals with 3,375 beds, 155 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians, more than 33,000 employees and about 2,000 volunteers. The flagship hospital of the system was the Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, located in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan.

## History

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### Oakland Hospital

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Groundbreaking began in 1953 for "Oakland Hospital," but because of a delivery mix-up and to further distinguish itself from nearby Oakwood Hospital it was decided to change the name of the new hospital. The new name was William Beaumont Hospital (WBH). The doors were officially opened on January 24, 1955, with 238-beds in Royal Oak, Michigan.[4] The hospitals, the overall health system and the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine are all named for William Beaumont, a U.S. Army surgeon who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" following his research on human digestion which started at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, Michigan.[4][5][6][7]

### Botsford

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In 1965, Botsford General Hospital opened with 200 beds adjacent to the historic Botsford Inn, a former stagecoach stop on Grand River in Farmington Hills. The hospital opened as an expansion to Zieger Clinic Hospital in Detroit, opened by Dr. Allen Zieger in 1944.

### Oakwood

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Oakwood Hospital opened on Jan. 5, 1953, and grew to include four hospitals and ambulatory centers in and around Dearborn.[8]

The decision to build a "voluntary" hospital on land donated by Henry Ford II and Ford Motor Company was controversial at the time, as Dearborn mayor Orville L. Hubbard supported a competing proposal for a municipal facility. After months of contentious debate, the voluntary hospital plan was approved, with the ground-breaking taking place in August 1950.

### Beaumont Health

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In March 2014, the Beaumont Health System, along with Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare, signed a letter of intent to merge their operations.[9] In 2019, Beaumont had 179,600 discharges, 17,600 births and 577,000 emergency visits.[10]

### Failed merger attempt with Advocate Aurora

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In 2020, Beaumont and Advocate Aurora, a 28-hospital system in Illinois and Wisconsin, announced plans to merge into a combined company worth $17 billion.[11][12] These plans were called off in October 2020, in part because physicians, lawmakers, staff, and donors were concerned that it would harm patient care.[12][13]

### Executive bonuses, layoffs, and calls for termination of executives

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Beaumont was harshly criticized by some of its physicians and other staff for paying bonuses to its executives, including US$2.6 million to CEO John Fox, amid laying off thousands of workers and receiving US$866 million in Federal CARES Act funds related to the COVID-19 pandemic. A long-time Beaumont cardiologist, Robert Safian, sent letters to its board calling for termination of CEO John Fox, as well as the chief operating officer and the chief medical officer. Safian cited the "toxic culture" of fear and intimidation and implementation of cost-saving measures that impact patient care and force physicians out of the system. A number of other leading physicians at Beaumont have sent letters of complaint.[14][15][16]

### Merger with Spectrum Health

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In June 2021, Beaumont health announced plans to merge with Spectrum health. In 2022, Beaumont and Spectrum announced their merger was effective on February 1, 2022, because the federal government determined this would not violate antitrust regulations. The new system was temporarily called BHSH Health, with Spectrum Health CEO Tina Freese Decker as the head and with both existing headquarters operating. John Fox, the head of Beaumont Health, resigned on February 4, 2022.[17]

## Locations

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### Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn

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Dearborn, a 632-bed hospital and Level 2 trauma center, is located at 18101 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn MI 48124. Formerly named Oakwood hospital.

### Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills

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Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills is a 330-bed health care facility.

Specialities include cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, pulmonology and urology.[18]

### Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe

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Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe, is a 280-bed hospital located at 468 Cadieux Rd, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. On October 1, 2007, it was acquired by Beaumont Health System from Bon Secours Health System Inc.

Specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.[19]

### Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

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Main article: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

The largest Beaumont hospital is Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, an academic medical center located at 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road in Royal Oak, Michigan, and houses 1,109 inpatient beds. The complex also includes cancer, renal, vascular, heart, radiology and neuroscience centers as well as a research institute and a medical building with private practices and other Beaumont services. This location is a Level 1 Trauma Center and has a dedicated heliport.

### Beaumont Hospital, Taylor

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Beaumont Hospital, Taylor, is a 180-bed hospital located at 10000 Telegraph Rd, Taylor, Michigan.

Specialties include physical medicine and rehabilitation, geriatrics, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.[20]

### Beaumont Hospital, Trenton

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Beaumont Hospital, Trenton, is located at 5450 Fort St, Trenton, Michigan.

Specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.[21]

### Beaumont Hospital, Troy

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The 520-bed campus of the Beaumont Hospital, Troy, is located at 44201 Dequindre Road in Troy, Michigan, south of South Blvd/20 Mile Road. Built in 1977, this hospital location offers inpatient and outpatient services as well as private practices. This location has a pedestrian bridge to a medical office building across Dequindre Road. This puts this campus in two cities and two counties, the City of Troy, Michigan, and the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, as well as Oakland and Macomb Counties.[22]

Specialties include cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, pulmonology and urology.

### Beaumont Hospital, Wayne

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Since 1957, Beaumont Hospital, Wayne, a 185-bed hospital is located at 33155 Annapolis St, Wayne, Michigan.

Specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.[23]

In addition to these eight hospitals, Beaumont Health also offers 187 ambulatory/outpatient sites including, emergency and urgent care, outpatient and medical centers, outpatient laboratory centers, outpatient pharmacies, physical therapy centers, imaging centers, senior living and nursing homes and wellness and fitness centers.[24]

### Beaumont Children’s

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Beaumont Children's Hospital, now Beaumont Children's, was announced in 2009. Eighty-three sub-specialists, a 40-bed pediatric unit, eight-bed pediatric ICU and 64-bed NICU had been in place at Beaumont, Royal Oak, since 2004. In 2008, Beaumont joined the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions.[25]

Facilities include a dedicated specialty inpatient pediatric unit at Beaumont, Royal Oak, and inpatient units at the Beaumont hospitals in Troy, Dearborn and Farmington Hills for children with less serious conditions. Specialty pediatric services including emergency care, hematology-oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, newborn and pediatric intensive care, pediatric surgery and craniofacial surgery are available at outpatient locations throughout Metro Detroit.

Beaumont Children's cares for more than 100,000 pediatric emergency and after-hours visits every year and 17,000 babies are delivered each year as well.

Beaumont Children's is a member of the Children's Hospital Association and the only Southeast Michigan affiliate of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.[26]

### Headquarters

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The headquarters of Beaumont Health are in the 31-acre (13 ha) First Center Office Plaza in Southfield, which it acquired in 2017 to centralize its administrative offices.[27]

## Medical school and teaching hospital

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In 2010, Oakland University and William Beaumont Hospital opened an allopathic medical school called Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) admitting its first class of 50 students.[28] The school was granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and graduated its first class in 2015. The school currently accepts 125 students per year.

Beaumont serves as a teaching hospital through an exclusive partnership with Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and also through partnerships with Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Beaumont Health has approximately 932 residents and fellows and offers 94 residency and fellowship programs.[29] Research opportunities are also available through the Beaumont Research Institute.[30]

## Community health

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Beaumont's community outreach activities include: health screenings, community education, speakers bureau, food drives, walks and career fairs.[31]

In 2018, Beaumont provided more than $330 million in community benefit.[32]

## Key statistics

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| Dearborn[33] | Farmington Hills[34] | Grosse Pointe[35] | Royal Oak[35] | Trenton[33] | Taylor[33] | Troy[35] | Wayne[33] | Total - Beaumont Health

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Discharges | 30,626 | 14,061 | 12,834 | 59,555 | 9,512 | 7,340 | 34,550 | 8,210  | 176,688
Births | 4,312 | 680 | 748 | 6,872 | 604 | - | 3,578 | 995  | 17,789
Surgeries | 15,640 | 9,128 | 8,019 | 51,248 | 8,200 | 5,377 | 22,924 | 3,908  | 124,444
Emergency Visits | 88,057 | 62,562 | 50,410 | 130,733 | 37,689 | 38,694 | 102,671 | 63,775  | 574,591
Employees | 4,373 | 2,380 | 1,771 | 9,639 | 1,348 | 1,289 | 5,222 | 1,191  | 27,213
Physicians | 950 | 623 | 811 | 2,122 | 516 | 524 | 1,425 | 533  | 7,504
Volunteers | 471 | 258 | 376 | 819 | 129 | 108 | 815 | 178  | 3,154

2017 data (as of 2/21/2018)

## See also

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* William Beaumont
* Beaumont (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ "Level One Trauma Care". Beaumont Health System. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
2. ^ "KVLL, Oakland/Troy Airport Troy, Michigan, USA". Retrieved November 6, 2013.
3. ^ "KDET, Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport Detroit, Michigan, USA". Retrieved November 6, 2013.
4. ^ a b "Timeline/Milestones". Beaumont Health System. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
5. ^ Beaumont, William (1838). Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart. p. 1. ISBN 0-486-69213-2. "gastric juice." `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
6. ^ Harré, R. (1981). Great Scientific Experiments. Phaidon (Oxford). pp. 39–47. ISBN 0-7148-2096-2.
7. ^ "About Beaumont's Digestive Health Center of Excellence". Beaumont Health System. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
8. ^ "Home – Beaumont Health". Beaumonthealth.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
9. ^ "Beaumont, Oakwood, Botsford health systems intend to merge". ClickOnDetroit.com. ClickOnDetroit.com. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
10. ^ "About Us | Beaumont Health". www.beaumont.org.
11. ^ Rich Kirchen (October 5, 2020). "Advocate Aurora and Beaumont Health cite different reasons for nixing merger talks". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
12. ^ a b Reindl, J. C. (October 2, 2020). "Beaumont ends merger talks with Advocate Aurora Health". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
13. ^ "How Beaumont's Megamerger Fell Apart". www.medpagetoday.com. October 8, 2020.
14. ^ "First Came Bonuses, Then Layoffs; No Early Vax for Santa; Inside Oxford U's Vax Deal". www.medpagetoday.com. October 28, 2020.
15. ^ Dixon, Jennifer. "Beaumont, Henry Ford hospitals paid bonuses before COVID-19 — then got a taxpayer bailout". Detroit Free Press.
16. ^ "Beaumont Cardiologist Wants Executives Fired". www.medpagetoday.com. November 25, 2020.
17. ^ Reindl, JC; Shamus, Kristen Jordan (January 31, 2022). "Beaumont, Spectrum set to launch Michigan's biggest health system Tuesday". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
18. ^ "Rankings". health.usnews.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
19. ^ "Rankings". health.usnews.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
20. ^ "Rankings". health.usnews.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
21. ^ "Rankings". health.usnews.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
22. ^ "Find a Magnet Hospital". Nursecredentialing.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
23. ^ "Rankings". health.usnews.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
24. ^ "Locations – Beaumont Health". Beaumont.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
25. ^ "Beaumont announces children's hospital". Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
26. ^ "Children's Miracle Network Hospitals". Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
27. ^ "Beaumont buys First Center in Southfield to consolidate up to 3,000 employees". Crain's Detroit. October 30, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
28. ^ "Oakland University William Beaumont School Of Medicine Welcomes First Class". Oakland.edu. August 8, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
29. ^ "Beaumont Health System : Medical Education". Beaumont.edu. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
30. ^ "Research and Innovation at Beaumont Hospitals in Michigan". Beaumont.edu. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
31. ^ "Our Commitment to the Community". Beaumont.edu. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
32. ^ "Organization Report". Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
33. ^ a b c d "Facts & Figures". Oakwood. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
34. ^ "Beaumont Hospital - Farmington Hills : Facts & Figures" (PDF). Botsford.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
35. ^ a b c "Rankings and Statistics". Beaumont.edu. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

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