Ascension Michigan (formerly St. John Providence Health System) was a

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Catholic health system in

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, United States. It was a division of

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, having previously operated in

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and

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. Prior to its acquisition by Ascension, it was headquartered in

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History

Predecessor systems

In 1910 the Providence Hospital opened in

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. The Sisters of St. Joseph built St. John Hospital in 1952, with 250 beds and 70 employees on Moross Road at the old Beaupre farm in a section called the “widow’s dower.” Work on the hospital began immediately following the groundbreaking ceremony on March 8, 1948, the feast of St. John of God (who in 1540 established a house to harbor poor and sick persons). Four-and-a-half year old Brenda Kay Earle was the hospital's first patient on May 15, 1952. Also in that year, Randall John Stewart was the first baby born there. In 2006, there were 4,900 employees and a 700-member medical staff. The hospital's Emergency Room treated 8,287 patients during 1956, its first year. Fr.

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, the first United States-born man to be declared "

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" by the

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, died on July 31, 1957, in St. John Hospital (in Room 305 of the old wing, which has a plaque outside the door) at the age of 86. In the 1960s Providence Hospital moved to Southfield. The Men's Guild began in 1948 and is believed to have been the first men's hospital fund raising group in the United States. It has 750 members that support its philanthropic efforts, highlighted by the Annual Guild Dinner.

St. John Providence

The system started in 1999 with the merger of the Providence Health System and the St. John Health System into the St. John Health System due to the merger of the two systems' respective Roman Catholic congregation sponsors, the Daughters of Charity and the

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, into

.Greene, Jay.
New name for St. John Health System
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''. March 8, 2010. Retrieved on July 4, 2013. The St. John Hospital System, under Anthony R. Tersigni, grew from four to ten hospitals. In May 2000 he was appointed as the senior vice president of

's Great Lakes Division. By 2001, the Emergency Center staff was treating more than 76,400 patients as a major level-two emergency center for the east side community. In 2003 the hospital stated that it expected to have a $40 million loss for its 2004 fiscal year. In 2003 the system supported a proposed Michigan law that would allow the state health systems to move more hospital beds from Detroit to the suburbs. In 2008 the system had 18,000 employees. On April 8 of that year Patricia A. Maryland, the system CEO, announced that as part of an $85 million cost cutting restructuring, the company planned to lay off 300 non-clinical workers with almost 50 management positions being cut. She also announced that the system would not fill 100 job vacancies, including 40 vacancies for management positions. In 2010 St. John Health System was renamed to the St. John Providence Health System. The organization officials stated that "Providence" was added to the name in order to reflect the system's "spiritually centered patient care experience". The system was acquired by

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in 2018, and adopted the name Ascension Michigan. Accordingly, the names of the hospitals changed to their current names.

Divestiture of Metro Detroit and Mid-Michigan operations

In August 2024, Ascension sold three hospitals in Saginaw, Standish, and Tawas City to

MyMichigan Health MyMichigan Health is an American non-profit health system, headquartered in Midland, Michigan, affiliated with Michigan Medicine, the health care division of the University of Michigan. MyMichigan Health covers a 23-county region with medical cen ...

. Later, in September 2024, the system's Metro Detroit and Greater Flint operations were transferred to

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, as a result of a joint venture between the organizations.

Hospitals

Ascension Michigan formerly operated the following hospitals, only one hospital is still using the name Ascension: * Ascension Borgess Hospital (

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)

Former

*Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit (formerly St. John Hospital & Medical Center) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital,

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and Madison Heights (formerly St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 ** St. John Macomb Hospital and St. John Oakland Hospital merged in 2007. * Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield (formerly Providence-Providence Park Hospital) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension Providence Hospital, Novi (formerly St. John Providence Park Hospital) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, Rochester Hills (formerly Crittenton Hospital Medical Center) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension River District Hospital, East China Township (formerly St. John River District Hospital) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery (formerly Brighton Center for Recovery) ( Brighton Township) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension Genesys Hospital (formerly Genesys Regional Medical Center) (

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) - transferred to Henry Ford Health in 2024 * Ascension St. Mary's Hospital (formerly St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center) -

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- sold to MyMichigan Health in 2024 * Ascension Standish Hospital (formerly St. Mary's of Michigan Standish Hospital) - Standish - sold to MyMichigan Health in 2024 * Ascension St. Jospeh Hospital (formerly St. Jospeh Health System) - Tawas -sold to MyMichigan Health in 2024 St. John previously operated the St. John NorthEast Community Hospital in Detroit. It had 295 beds. By 2003 the health system stated that it will remake the hospital into an outpatient center. In 2003 The Holy Cross Foundation made an initial offer to buy the hospital. The St. John System rejected the initial offer and stated that it still planned to remake the hospital, but the Holy Cross Foundation planned to make another offer."Group pushes to buy St. John hospital." ''

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''. August 26, 2003. Retrieved on July 5, 2013. "A nonprofit group is still trying to buy St. John NorthEast Hospital, even though St. John Health System rejected the group's initial offer and says it will not deviate from plans to turn the hospital into an outpatient center. The Holy Cross Foundation -- a group of about 100 doctors and local activists created solely for keeping inpatient services open at the hospital -- plans to make another offer Wednesday. It has secured funding through the .. - Available i
the archives
of ''The Detroit News'' under the ID det17082301. In 2007 the St. John Riverview Hospital in Detroit closed.St. John sells two Detroit facilities
" ''

''. February 1, 2011. Retrieved on July 4, 2013. "The Detroit News St. John Providence Health System said Monday that it has sold the former Riverview Hospital and its St. John Senior Community on East Warren in Detroit to an investment group. DRSN, led by Franklin attorney Richard Levin, plans to turn the Jefferson Avenue hospital, which closed in 2007, into a skilled nursing community. Renovations will begin immediately, and completion is expected this spring, according to a news release. A sales price is not being .. - Available i
the archives
of ''The Detroit News'' under the ID det-96806319. Also under the title
St. John Health sells Riverview hospital
" on January 31, 2011. In 2011 the system sold the St. John Senior Community Center and the closed Riverview Hospital, both in Detroit, to DRSN, an investment group.

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