Staying Well in Cadillac

HOSPITAL FACILITIES

History: Mercy Hospital has been a member of the Cadillac community since 1908. It was presented to the Sisters of Mercy by Mr. and Mrs. Delos Diggins. Keeping pace with the expanding northern Michigan area and the evolving medical field, numerous expansions and modernization programs have been completed. Today Trinity Hospital is still owned and operated by the Religious Sisters of Mercy through Mercy Health Services of Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Mission and Values: Employees, volunteers, and physicians within the organization embrace the values of the Sisters of Mercy which include Mercy, Service, Justice, Preferential Option for the Poor, and Human Dignity.

Services: Mercy Hospital is a complete primary care hospital with a 24 hour physician staffed emergency department, medical/surgical services, pediatrics, obsterics, critical and intensive care, renal dialysis, mental health services, podiatric services, cardiology, rehabilitation services, and complete diagnostics including CT scanning, MRI, nuclear medicine, and echocardiography. The recent addition of Mercy Healthline, a toll-free information and referral line (1-800-33-MERCY), allows individuals to call for general health information, service information and referral, physician referral, and class registration.

Current Strategies: In an effort to position Mercy Hospital for reform, several key strategies have been identified.

1. Continuously improve community health through community partnerships and advocacy, focusing on populations at risk (special commitments to the poor and to issues affecting women and children).

2. Increase patients served.

3. Continuously improve quality of care and service, meeting or exceeding patient requirements.

4. Effectively integrate services across the care continuum and in partnerships with our physicians.

5. Continuously reduce costs to provide best value.

6. Continuously improve the capability, adaptability and quality of work life of our employees.

MEDICAL EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

LAKEVIEW LUTHERAN MANOR NURSING HOME, 460 Pearl Street, Cadillac (775-0101) - A privately owned nursing home, licensed by State of Michigan as a nursing home, certified as a total skilled facility, certified by Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation, Certified by Medicare, approved by Veteran's Administration, approved for Blue Cross. 115 beds, fifteen staff doctors, a house physician, a medical director, a full-time occupational therapist, a part-time physical therapist.

MENTAL HEALTH

NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN MENTAL HEALTH, 527 Cobb Street, Cadillac (775-3463) - Part of four-county area- Wexford, Missaukee, Crawford, Roscommon - governed by appointed board from the four counties and funded through State, Medicaid, and local funds. North Central Community Mental Health provides a full range of mental health services. Our services include individual, group and family therapy, psychiatric services, and crisis intervention services as well as a variety of specialized programs for persons with developmental disabilities, emotional disturbance, or mental illness.

MERCY HOSPITAL'S MENTAL HEALTH UNIT provides physician staffed inpatient and outpatient treatment centers. For more information contact the unit by calling 876-7410.

PUBLIC HEALTH

The Cadillac area is serviced by DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT No. 1 which provides public health to the counties of Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, and Wexford.

The purpose of this agency is to contribute to the present and future health of all persons in Wexford County.

Environmental Health Division's primary responsibilities are protection of the air, water, food and housing; evaluation of land for its suitability to utilize on-site sewage systems; and issuing of permits for well and sewage systems.

Personal Health Division covers:
Maternal and Child Health Services - nursing, nutritional and social worker, consultation and transportation

Home Health Services - Council on Aging Services/Home Health Aide Services - Therapy Services

Communicable Disease Control - Pregnancy Testing - Family Planning - Prenatal Coverage - AIDS Counseling and Testing - WIC and other nutritional programs - Immunization - Medicaid Health Screening - Well Child Clinics - Preschool and kindergarten services - Vision & Hearing Screening - Scoliosis Screening - Special Health Care Services (Crippled Children) - Cardiac Clinic

521 Cobb Street
Cadillac, Michigan 49601
(231)775-9942