McLaren Northern Michigan, part of statewide McLaren Health Care, has announced its plans to expand the community’s access to timely care with the opening of an urgent care center in Petoskey.
Located within McLaren Northern Michigan MedCenter – South (1890 US-131 in Petoskey), the urgent care expansion is scheduled to open in March.
“We are very excited to share our plans to launch an urgent can and increase our community’s access to timely care,” said Gar Atchison, McLaren Northern Michigan President and CEO. “With this enhancement of services, we are taking steps to ensure our patients are provided with a convenient avenue to receive the appropriate level of prompt care for non-life-threatening conditions. We are delighted to be in this position and truly believe this expansion will be a great benefit to Petoskey, its wellbeing, and further affirm our commitment to serve the needs of our community.”
Featuring seven treatment rooms in addition to a procedure room, the urgent care will be staff with a full complement of providers and care team capable of administering prompt treatment to patients with a range of conditions: viral illnesses, lacerations requiring stitches, and minor orthopedic injuries, including bone breaks and fractures not requiring surgery, among other common, non-life-threatening conditions.
X-ray imaging will be available on-site, and the primary care clinic located within the same office will continue its care of patients. The urgent care will operate 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
“The focus and motivation of our expansion efforts are always aimed toward projects that conveniently develop patients’ connection to their care,” said Chad Grant, McLaren Health Care Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “With this expansion, McLaren is keeping and strengthening its commitment to serve the patients and families of Petoskey and the surrounding communities and provide them with the level of care they deserve.”
Learn more about all services offered at McLaren Northern Michigan at mclaren.org/northernmichigan.
About McLaren Northern Michigan
McLaren Northern Michigan is a 202-bed regional referral center located in Petoskey, serving residents in 22 counties across northern Lower Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula. More than 230 physicians represent nearly all medical and surgical specialties, enabling full-service care with an emphasis on cardiology, cancer, orthopedics and neurosciences. McLaren Northern Michigan is a certified Primary Stroke Center, as designated by the Joint Commission. The hospital has a network of primary care providers and specialty care clinics throughout the region, and an outpatient surgery center in Cheboygan. Learn more at mclaren.org/northernmichigan.
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Learn more at mclaren.org.