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GQ Anthony Shields, M.D., Ph.D. , medical oncologist and member of the  Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology  and the  Phase 1 Clinical Trials  Multidisciplinary Teams at Karmanos, spoke to GQ about the imaging process for cancer screenings and his thoughts on full-body scans. Read the article here .

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. —McLaren Central Michigan, the 118-bed hospital serving the entire region, in a rare accomplishment and sign of continuous and exceptional patient care, has earned its ninth consecutive ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group uses publicly available hospital data, focusing on patient-safety metrics, to assign letter grades, creating a health care consumer guide for patients to make informed decisions on their care. Earning another ‘A’ keeps McLaren Cen...

For the eighth consecutive time, McLaren Central Michigan (MCM) received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety. MCM has consistently received an “A” grade since Fall 2018. Only 8.9% of hospitals have achieved this. The Leapfrog Group announced their Spring 2022 grades publicly on May 10, 2022. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, awards an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to all general hospitals across the coun...

McLaren Central Michigan (MCM) received an “A” grade, the highest score possible, in the Spring 2019 Hospital Safety Score SM report. MCM is the only hospital in the area to score an “A” for Spring 2019.. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and other supplemental data sources. Safety Grades (formerly known as Hospital Safety Scores) are assigned to over 2,600 general acute-care hos...

The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created by Cribs for Kids. Its goal is to award recognition to hospitals that demonstrate a commitment to community leadership for best practices and education in infant sleep safety. By becoming certified, a hospital is demonstrating that it is committed to the mission of making babies as safe as possible in their sleep environments and eliminating as many sleep related deaths as possible. “To successfully reduce sleep related infant deaths in ...

Timothy Spencer, DO, board certified neurosurgeon, recently joined McLaren Central Michigan’s medical staff. The addition of Dr. Spencer to McLaren’s medical staff brings a new service line to the community, neurosurgery. Dr. Spencer specializes and is focused on minimally invasive spine surgery utilizing state-of-the-art techniques for complex spinal surgeries, malformations, tumors, dislocations and other spine-related conditions. “My goal is to provide the most advanced minimally invasive approach to...