Beaumont Health
hospital network based in Southfield, Michigan
Beaumont Health was a nonprofit healthcare system in the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan. In 2022, it merged with Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health to form Corewell Health.
At the time of the merger, Beaumont was Southeast Michigan's largest health care system based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue. It consisted of eight hospitals with 3,375 beds, 155 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians, and more than 33,000 employees. Beaumont was headquartered in Southfield, Michigan; its flagship facility was Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (now Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital), located in nearby Royal Oak.
History
Origins
The system originally traced its roots to three independent hospital networks: William Beaumont Hospital, Botsford Hospital, and Oakwood Hospital.
Groundbreaking began in 1953 for "Oakland Hospital," but due to a delivery mix-up and to further distinguish itself from nearby Oakwood Hospital, the name was changed to William Beaumont Hospital. The hospital officially opened on January 24, 1955, with 238 beds in Royal Oak, Michigan. The hospital was named for William Beaumont, a U.S. Army surgeon who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" for his research on human digestion on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Botsford General Hospital opened in 1965 with 200 beds in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
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