Company Profile
Munson Medical Center
Company Overview
Munson Medical Center is a 391-bed tertiary care facility located in northwest lower Michigan. It has the region’s largest medical staff with more than 500 physicians representing 50 specialties.
Munson Medical Center’s reputation for high quality care is evidenced by repeated national recognition: 100 Top Hospitals® 14 times, making Munson Medical Center one of only a few hospitals nationwide to receive this award so often; 2009 and 2008 recipient of the Everest Award for National Benchmarks; 2008 recipient of the American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize™; sole recipient of the National Quality Health Care award for 2000 (National Committee for Quality Health Care). Munson’s Coronary Bypass Surgery program was rated #1 in the nation in 2011 and 2010 by CareChex,® a quality rating service of the Delta Group. Munson has been recognized seven times by Thomson Reuters for superior heart care, including listed among the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in 2011 when Thomson Reuters narrowed the list to highlight providers truly leading the way. Munson Medical Center’s orthopedic services ranked as the top program in Michigan for 2008. Munson Medical Center was redesignated as a Magnet Hospital for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2011.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
• Top 100 Hospital fourteen times, more times than any other hospital in Michigan, and one of two hospitals in the nation.
• #1 Hospital in Nation for Coronary Bypass Surgery
• Named one of America's Top 50 Best Hospitals
• Winner of the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize in 2008
• 2011 Magnet Recognition Award for Nursing Excellence
• Munson Medical Center has been recognized as a Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital for the sixth time.
• Top 100 Hospital for Orthopedics in 2008.
• Rated by HealthGrades as the number one heart program in Michigan for 2003.