Binson's Home Health Care Centers
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Binson's Home Health Care Centers (BHHC) is an American home medical supply and home health care
product retailer headquartered in Michigan
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BHCC was founded by S. George Binson in 1953. The company became one of the first in the United States
to provide home intravenous therapy
and home ventilator
care. By 2007, the company had expanded to over 500 employees. Its corporate headquarters is still located in Center Line, Michigan
.
Binson's Home Health Care Centers are sponsors of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
(MDA) and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
(formerly the Michigan Cancer Foundation).
According to a Better Business Bureau
(BBB) summary as of January 2010, BHHC has been a BBB Accredited business since July 1999. The company also operates under the names Binson's Hospital Supplies, Inc., Binson's Hearing Aid Services, Binson's Home Health Care Centers, Binson's Orthotics & Prosthetics, and Binson's Pharmacy.
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
product retailer headquartered in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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BHCC was founded by S. George Binson in 1953. The company became one of the first in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to provide home intravenous therapy
Intravenous therapy
Intravenous therapy or IV therapy is the infusion of liquid substances directly into a vein. The word intravenous simply means "within a vein". Therapies administered intravenously are often called specialty pharmaceuticals...
and home ventilator
Medical ventilator
A medical ventilator can be defined as any machine designed to mechanically move breatheable air into and out of the lungs, to provide the mechanism of breathing for a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently....
care. By 2007, the company had expanded to over 500 employees. Its corporate headquarters is still located in Center Line, Michigan
Center Line, Michigan
Center Line is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,531 at the 2000 census. Completely surrounded by the city of Warren, it was known as Kunrod's Corner during the mid-nineteenth century.-History:...
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Binson's Home Health Care Centers are sponsors of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
(MDA) and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is located in Detroit, Michigan. It is one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. The Institute is composed of approximately 1,000 staff members, including 300 doctors many of whom are accademic leaders...
(formerly the Michigan Cancer Foundation).
According to a Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau , founded in 1912, is a corporation consisting of several private business franchises of local BBB organizations based in the United States and Canada, which work through their parent corporation, the Council of Better Business Bureaus .The Better Business Bureau, through...
(BBB) summary as of January 2010, BHHC has been a BBB Accredited business since July 1999. The company also operates under the names Binson's Hospital Supplies, Inc., Binson's Hearing Aid Services, Binson's Home Health Care Centers, Binson's Orthotics & Prosthetics, and Binson's Pharmacy.