Oakwood Health System Explained

The Oakwood Health System was a group of 4 hospitals and dozens of medical clinics across the Metro Detroit Area. In 2014, Oakwood Health System merged with Beaumont Health System and Botsford Hospital to form Beaumont Health.^{[1] [2]}

History

In 1989, Oakwood Healthcare merged with United Care.^[3]

In 2014, Oakwood Health System merged with Beaumont Health System and Botsford Hospital to form Beaumont Health.

Hospitals

Oakwood provided acute, specialty, primary and preventative care services, with four acute care hospitals and more than 50 outpatient facilities, 9,000 employees and 1,300 physicians.

The hospitals within the Oakwood Health System include:

• Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan
• Beaumont Hospital - Wayne Wayne, Michigan
• Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, Michigan
• Beaumont Hospital - Trenton Trenton, Michigan

Teen Health Centers

Youth in the community can receive healthcare through the Oakwood Teen Health Centers. They provide a wide variety of services through school-based and school-linked programs.

There are three teen health centers and two elementary school clinics:

• Oakwood Inkster Teen Health Center
• Oakwood Romulus Teen Health Center at Romulus High School
• Oakwood Taylor Teen Health Center Southgate, Michigan
• Jefferson-Barns Elementary School Clinic in Wayne-Westland
• Lincoln Elementary School Clinic in Wayne-Westland

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014-06-23. Beaumont, Botsford, Oakwood to combine into $3.8 billion nonprofit health system. 2020-08-19. Crain's Detroit Business. en.
2. Web site: Bouffard. Karen. Beaumont Health merger plans no hospital closures or layoffs. 2020-08-19. The Detroit News. en-US.
3. Web site: Greene. Jay. 2020-07-25. Advocate Aurora, Beaumont deal may hit Michigan hurdle. 2020-08-19. Modern Healthcare. en.