Michigan colleges are leaders in the number of Pell Grants received for inmate job training, Page 3 AUGUST 8 - 14, 2016 Garden City Hospital builds its footprint, reputation By Jay Greene
[email protected] The fastest-growing hospital company in the country is doubling down on its investments and part- nerships in Michigan. Garden City Hospital will begin its planned $35 million renovation project this fall that will further add to its local community hospital rep- utation, said Saju George, CEO of Garden City. As part of California-based Prime for Healthcare’s Midwest region of eight Menu hospitals, Garden City is one of two Prime hospitals in Michigan. The second is the former Novi-based Trinity Health hospital in Port Huron, the newly named Lake Huron Medical change Center. Prime is eyeing acquisitions of other hospitals in Michigan, said George, and talking with hospitals in Southeast Michigan about inno- Special 14-page report starts on Page 11 • Details about the Aug. 22 Crain’s Food Summit, Page 22 vative clinical partnerships. He de- clined to name the hospitals or Michigan’s food economy is changing. health care systems involved in State, farming industry leaders hunger talks. The local-food movement is “We have spent $15 million on sprouting new opportunities for immediate effi ciency and care coor- for more food processors to invest dination improvements the last two entrepreneurs, whether they’re By Sherri Welch Michigan’s peninsula footprint can make years” since Prime acquired the
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