Bronson Methodist Hospital
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Bronson Methodist Hospital, located at 601 John Street in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, is the flagship of the Bronson Healthcare Group, a not-for-profit healthcare system serving all of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. With 343 licensed beds and all private rooms, Bronson Methodist Hospital provides care in virtually every specialty—cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, oncology—with advanced capabilities in critical care as the only Level I Trauma Center in Southwest Michigan; in neurological care as a JCAHO certified Primary Stroke Center; in cardiac care as the region’s only accredited Chest Pain Center; in obstetrics as the leading BirthPlace and only high-risk pregnancy center in southwest Michigan, and in pediatrics as one of only four children's hospitals in the state.
The hospital is the recipient of the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.
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The Bronson Healthcare Group is one of Kalamazoo’s largest employers and is currently ranked by both Fortune and Working Mother magazines as one of the nation’s 100 best companies for employees. With a workforce of more than 4,000, Bronson makes a significant contribution to the local economy. In 2004, Bronson provided more than $40 million in community benefits through outreach and charitable care for the uninsured and under-insured. Bronson also serves the largest percentage of Medicaid patients of any hospital outside of the Detroit area.
