Bronson Methodist Hospital
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Bronson Methodist Hospital is a Magnet hospital located in downtown Kalamazoo
, Michigan
, USA, and is the flagship of the Bronson Healthcare Group, a non-profit healthcare system serving all of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana
. With 405 licensed beds and all private rooms, Bronson Methodist Hospital provides care in virtually every specialty—cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, oncology—with advanced capabilities in critical care as one of the only two Level I Trauma Centers in Southwest Michigan; in neurological care as a JCAHO certified Primary Stroke Center; in cardiac care as the region’s only accredited Chest Pain Center; in obstetrics as the leading BirthPlace and only high-risk pregnancy center in southwest Michigan, and in pediatrics as one of only four children's hospitals in the state.
The hospital is the recipient of the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
, the nation's highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.
magazine as one of the nation’s 100 best companies for employees. Bronson has also been on Working Mother
magazine's list as a top 100 employer for working mothers for the past 8 years. With a workforce of more than 6,000, Bronson makes a significant contribution to the local economy. In 2007, Bronson provided more than $83.1 million in community benefits through outreach and charitable care for the uninsured and under-insured. Bronson also serves the largest percentage of Medicaid
patients of any hospital outside of the Detroit area.
, stroke
, epilepsy, peripheral nerve damage, problems with memory or involuntary movement, and spine and back surgery. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, Bronson Neuroscience Center has assembled a team of more than 20 specialists. The Center serves all of southwest Michigan, and focuses on providing patient and family centered care incorporating the latest treatments and procedures. Along with a dedicated inpatient Neurovascular Unit, Bronson Neuroscience Center also includes an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, a 24-hour Acute Stroke Intervention Team and a Rapid Response Team on-site. A full-service laboratory provides state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and techniques for the investigation of neurological problems.
Neurology
– offers the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as brain tumor, stroke, epilepsy
, problems with memory
or involuntary movement and migraine, as well as peripheral nerve damage and head injury.
Neurosurgery
– offers comprehensive non-surgical and surgical treatments for brain tumors, vascular disorders, and spine and nerve problems. Some of our surgical approaches include minimally invasive surgery, routine to complex procedures and traditional open procedures.
Neurointerventional Radiology – offers noninvasive treatment for the most complex strokes and aneurysms using high-tech imaging equipment.
Spine Services – offers services for the full scope of spinal diseases, disorders and injuries, including the diagnosis and treatment of lower back pain and more complex problems such as spine fractures. Collaboration among a physiatrist (a doctor that specializes in physical rehabilitation), neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neuroradiologists and physical therapists is the basis for a thorough assessment and treatment plan.
Neurodiagnostics – offers a full-service laboratory providing state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and techniques for the investigation of neurological problems. Choosing the right tests is important to achieving good results. The neurodiagnostic laboratory has various studies that can be used either individually or in combination with other tests to help solve neurological problems of the brain
, spinal cord
, muscle, nerves, and blood flow
.
Behavioral health
– offers the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral disorders such as anxiety
, depression
and emotional and behavioral problems associated with forms of dementia
such as Alzheimer's disease.
(2011)
Five-star-rated by HealthGrades for the treatment of stroke (2011)
Best rated in Kalamazoo for the treatment of stroke by HealthGrades (2011)
A Joint Commission-accredited Primary Stroke Center since 2005.
HealthGrades 2011 Stroke Care Excellence Award TM
HealthGrades rated Bronson the best hospital in southwest Michigan for spine surgery (2010).
Five-star-rated by HealthGrades for back and neck surgery with spinal fusion (three years in a row, 2007–2010).
HealthGrades 2010 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award TM for being in the top 5% in the nation for emergency medicine.
A Get With the Guidelines Silver Performance Award winner from the American Stroke Association in 2009 for consistent quality of care for stroke patients.
Voted Stroke Center of Excellence by NeuStrategy in 2008.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
, 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"....
, USA, and is the flagship of the Bronson Healthcare Group, a non-profit healthcare system serving all of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
. With 405 licensed beds and all private rooms, Bronson Methodist Hospital provides care in virtually every specialty—cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, oncology—with advanced capabilities in critical care as one of the only two Level I Trauma Centers in Southwest Michigan; in neurological care as a JCAHO certified Primary Stroke Center; in cardiac care as the region’s only accredited Chest Pain Center; in obstetrics as the leading BirthPlace and only high-risk pregnancy center in southwest Michigan, and in pediatrics as one of only four children's hospitals in the state.
The hospital is the recipient of the 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
, the nation's highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.
Bronson Healthcare Group
The Bronson Healthcare Group is one of Kalamazoo’s largest employers and previously was ranked by FortuneFortune (magazine)
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magazine as one of the nation’s 100 best companies for employees. Bronson has also been on Working Mother
Working Mother
Working Mother Media is a subsidiary of Bonnier Corporation It is the largest multimedia company in US which focused on diversity and the advancement of women...
magazine's list as a top 100 employer for working mothers for the past 8 years. With a workforce of more than 6,000, Bronson makes a significant contribution to the local economy. In 2007, Bronson provided more than $83.1 million in community benefits through outreach and charitable care for the uninsured and under-insured. Bronson also serves the largest percentage of Medicaid
Medicaid
Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states. People served by Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent...
patients of any hospital outside of the Detroit area.
Bronson Neuroscience Center
Bronson Neuroscience Center is part of the Bronson system. Patients come to the Neuroscience Center for the treatment of head injuryHead injury
Head injury refers to trauma of the head. This may or may not include injury to the brain. However, the terms traumatic brain injury and head injury are often used interchangeably in medical literature....
, stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
, epilepsy, peripheral nerve damage, problems with memory or involuntary movement, and spine and back surgery. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, Bronson Neuroscience Center has assembled a team of more than 20 specialists. The Center serves all of southwest Michigan, and focuses on providing patient and family centered care incorporating the latest treatments and procedures. Along with a dedicated inpatient Neurovascular Unit, Bronson Neuroscience Center also includes an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, a 24-hour Acute Stroke Intervention Team and a Rapid Response Team on-site. A full-service laboratory provides state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and techniques for the investigation of neurological problems.
Specialties
The following list constitutes the categories of services that Bronson Neuroscience Center provides for both adults and children with neurological disorders:Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
– offers the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as brain tumor, stroke, epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...
, problems with memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
or involuntary movement and migraine, as well as peripheral nerve damage and head injury.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
– offers comprehensive non-surgical and surgical treatments for brain tumors, vascular disorders, and spine and nerve problems. Some of our surgical approaches include minimally invasive surgery, routine to complex procedures and traditional open procedures.
Neurointerventional Radiology – offers noninvasive treatment for the most complex strokes and aneurysms using high-tech imaging equipment.
Spine Services – offers services for the full scope of spinal diseases, disorders and injuries, including the diagnosis and treatment of lower back pain and more complex problems such as spine fractures. Collaboration among a physiatrist (a doctor that specializes in physical rehabilitation), neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neuroradiologists and physical therapists is the basis for a thorough assessment and treatment plan.
Neurodiagnostics – offers a full-service laboratory providing state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment and techniques for the investigation of neurological problems. Choosing the right tests is important to achieving good results. The neurodiagnostic laboratory has various studies that can be used either individually or in combination with other tests to help solve neurological problems of the brain
Brain
The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few primitive invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, sea squirts and starfishes do not have one. It is located in the head, usually close to primary sensory apparatus such as vision, hearing,...
, spinal cord
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...
, muscle, nerves, and blood flow
Blood flow
Blood flow is the continuous running of blood in the cardiovascular system.The human body is made up of several processes all carrying out various functions. We have the gastrointestinal system which aids the digestion and the absorption of food...
.
Behavioral health
Behavioral health
In psychology behavioral health, as a general concept, refers to the reciprocal relationship between human behavior, individually or socially, and the well-being of the body, mind, and spirit, whether the latter are considered individually or as an integrated whole...
– offers the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral disorders such as anxiety
Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. The root meaning of the word anxiety is 'to vex or trouble'; in either presence or absence of psychological stress, anxiety can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness,...
, depression
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
and emotional and behavioral problems associated with forms of dementia
Dementia
Dementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
such as Alzheimer's disease.
Awards
Ranked among the top 10% of hospitals in the nation for stroke care by HealthGradesHealthGrades
HealthGrades Inc. is a U.S. company that develops and markets quality and safety ratings of health care providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and dentists. Quality ratings are devised from publicly available patient safety data and analyzed with proprietary technology developed...
(2011)
Five-star-rated by HealthGrades for the treatment of stroke (2011)
Best rated in Kalamazoo for the treatment of stroke by HealthGrades (2011)
A Joint Commission-accredited Primary Stroke Center since 2005.
HealthGrades 2011 Stroke Care Excellence Award TM
HealthGrades rated Bronson the best hospital in southwest Michigan for spine surgery (2010).
Five-star-rated by HealthGrades for back and neck surgery with spinal fusion (three years in a row, 2007–2010).
HealthGrades 2010 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award TM for being in the top 5% in the nation for emergency medicine.
A Get With the Guidelines Silver Performance Award winner from the American Stroke Association in 2009 for consistent quality of care for stroke patients.
Voted Stroke Center of Excellence by NeuStrategy in 2008.