Battle Creek Health System

Hospital Profile

• Battle Creek Health System (BCHS) is a multi-campus 172-bed health care system located in Battle Creek, Michigan.
• The medical staff includes more than 200 physicians.
• This health care system provides services to approximately 200,000 people in south central Michigan.
• BCHS was formed through the merger of Battle Creek's two acute care hospitals - Leila Y. Post Montgomery Hospital and Community Hospital over 20 years ago. The hospital is part of Trinity Health.
• Full Service Outpatient Center and Inpatient Acute Care Center including surgery, diagnostics and rehabilitation services.
• Nationally recognized Cancer Care Center by the prestigious Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program with active participation in the Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program (GRCOP) that is funded by the National Cancer Institute and a consortium of hospitals.  
• Nationally ranked in top 5% in orthopedic and vascular services.
• Full service Emergency Department (25 exam rooms including trauma, isolation, internal and external decontamination, and express service) with 46,000 + annual visits.

 

Hospitalist Program Profile

• The Hospitalist Team of six to ten full and part-time physicians will be on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Day shifts are generally 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night shifts are generally 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The schedule consists of 4-7 days on and 4-7 days off. Each full time hospitalist will provide up to 192 hours of clinical professional medical services per month consisting of sixteen 12 hour shifts.
• The Hospitalist Team provides service response for codes, consultations, inpatient episodic medical care, ICU procedures, unassigned ED call and patient admission/discharge.

 

Community

• Located in south central Michigan with a population of 55,000, Battle Creek continues to enjoy a strong economy and brisk pace of growth.
• The area has quickly become one of Michigan's hottest tourism destinations. Home to Binder Park Zoo, one of Michigan's top ten attractions. Battle Creek also includes the 3,000 acre Ft. Custer recreational area, the Leila Arboretum and Kingman Museum of Natural History, Full Blast, a unique 80,000 square foot youth entertainment mall, numerous parks and lakes, and 22 public golf courses within a 25 mile radius. In addition, every year Battle Creek hosts some of the state's most celebrated festivals including the Cereal City Festival and World's Longest Breakfast Table, the International Festival of Lights, the Festival of Flight in the summer, the Holiday Balloon Fest in December, and the Art Fair at the Creek.
• Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport. Grand Rapids (80 miles); Lansing (58 miles); Detroit (122 miles); South Bend, IN (110 miles).
• Located on I-94 just west of I-69, about half way between Chicago and Detroit.
• Amtrak service from Toronto to Chicago and beyond.