MARSHALL – Lisa Hughes of Marshall, a registered nurse at Oaklawn Hospital, received a quarterly DAISY Award during a recent presentation honoring her exemplary service to patients at Oaklawn Hospice. The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that celebrates and... Read More
MARSHALL – Oaklawn Hospital’s excellent quality scores will translate into improved health services for its patients, hospital officials say. The hospital recently received a check for $231,516.56 – a quality-incentive payment from Grand Rapids-based Priority Health. Molly McCarthy, the insurer’s... Read More
Oaklawn Hospital is Michigan’s top-rated hospital for protecting patients from harm, and is second-best in the nation for patient safety, according to a new report from Consumer Reports magazine. The magazine gives Oaklawn Hospital a safety score of 77 points... Read More
Life is becoming easier for area residents who need close-to-home physical-therapy services – and who want help quickly. Oaklawn Physical Rehabilitation – Beadle Lake has opened its new office in the Oaklawn Medical Group’s expanded Beadle Lake site at 14231... Read More
By Jane Jones Here’s one of the great truths of the medical field: Providing safe health care can best be achieved when patients are a key part of the team, taking an active role in their own care. And yet,... Read More
By Tracy Winnie and Cheries Brule A large portion of the American population suffers from cancer’s side effects. Estimates run up into the millions. But survival rates from cancer are improving – a 20 percent increase over the past 20... Read More
J. Summer Liston, M.D., was honored Thursday evening as Oaklawn Hospital’s Physician of the Year for 2013. The announcement came Thursday evening during a gathering of Oaklawn staff members at the Franke Center for the Arts. The event included the... Read More
Oaklawn Hospital has acquired General Surgical Associates PC, a physician owned and operated practice with locations in Marshall and Battle Creek, which has become part of the Oaklawn Medical Group. “We welcome Dr. Andrew Gordon and Dr. Caron Warnsby as... Read More