- Dates
- 2009-08-28 – 2009-09-19
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcaregovernancecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Rural Health Center investigated an expanded affiliation with Northern Michigan Hospital after meetings on August 28 and September 19, 2009. The Beacon lists possible reimbursement, staffing, technology, service, and funding advantages while recording BIRHC’s insistence on retaining sovereignty.
Evidence limits
This records an investigation and task-force process, not a completed merger, affiliation agreement, or forecasted benefit.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "An Opportunity for BIRHC."Reports the August 28 NMH meeting, September 19 follow-up, proposed task force, possible benefits, BIRHC sovereignty concerns, and decision to investigate further. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the affiliation report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “BIRHC investigates an expanded affiliation with Northern Michigan Hospital, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-northern-michigan-hospital-affiliation-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "An Opportunity for BIRHC." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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