At the time of its merger, the health system had a net revenue of $4.7 billion and consisted of eight hospitals with 3,375 beds, 155 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians, more than 33,000 employees and about 2,000 volunteers.
[4] The hospitals, the overall health system and the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine are all named for William Beaumont, a U.S. Army surgeon who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" following his research on human digestion which started at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
After months of contentious debate, the voluntary hospital plan was approved, with the ground-breaking taking place in August 1950.
[10] In 2020, Beaumont and Advocate Aurora, a 28-hospital system in Illinois and Wisconsin, announced plans to merge into a combined company worth $17 billion.
[11][12] These plans were called off in October 2020, in part because physicians, lawmakers, staff, and donors were concerned that it would harm patient care.
Safian cited the "toxic culture" of fear and intimidation and implementation of cost-saving measures that impact patient care and force physicians out of the system.
In 2022, Beaumont and Spectrum announced their merger was effective on February 1, 2022, because the federal government determined this would not violate antitrust regulations.
Specialities include cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, pulmonology and urology.
On October 1, 2007, it was acquired by Beaumont Health System from Bon Secours Health System Inc. Specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, ear, nose and throat, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.
The complex also includes cancer, renal, vascular, heart, radiology and neuroscience centers as well as a research institute and a medical building with private practices and other Beaumont services.
Specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.
Specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.