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About Us Beginning as a 12-bed hospital 82 years ago, Oaklawn has evolved into a highly regarded regional health care organization with a team of outstanding physicians and clinicians and advanced equipment and technology that includes digital mammography and robotic surgery. 
Commitment to the communities we serveOaklawn was founded in 1925 as a 12-bed hospital in a residential home, funded by a group of visionary philanthropists. Now, more than eight decades later, we remain independent and reside on the same site as the original hospital, providing facilities, equipment and technology that are usually only found at larger health systems. We enjoy a reputation for advancing medicine and providing compassionate, personal care. Our service area includes Calhoun County and parts of Branch and Eaton counties. We have an active, courtesy and consulting medical staff of more than 150 physicians representing 30 specialties.Accreditations, Awards and RecognitionOaklawn is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Franke Family Laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists and the Radiology Department's mammography and nuclear medicine services are accredited by the American College of Radiologists. Oaklawn is the 2006 benchmark hospital for patient satisfaction in an independent survey of 46 regional hospitals by Arbor and Associates.
For the past three years, Oaklawn has received the Governor's Award of Excellence for Improving Care in the Hospital Setting and the Award of Excellence for Improving Care in the Emergency Department Setting. Oaklawn also has received several national awards for the ratings its medical staff gave it based on a survey of its physicians conducted by an independent national healthcare marketing research company. Oaklawn Hospital has received five stars and is ranked in the top 5 percent in the nation for joint replacement care by HealthGrades.
SpecialtiesOaklawn offers more medical specialties than ever before, allowing patients to conveniently see their specialist in Marshall rather than driving to another community. Oaklawn has specialists in:
Oaklawn offers well-rounded, integrated servicesOaklawn provides inpatient and outpatient health care services at several convenient locations in Marshall and Albion. The main campus is home to the Medical/Surgical Unit, Intensive Care, Intermediate Care, Birth Center, surgery, radiology, lab, the psychiatric unit, endoscopy, and many other important services. The Bear Creek Campus, on the west side of Marshall, houses Oaklawn Psychological Services and the Partial Hospitalization Program. The Oaklawn Life Improvement Center, known as OLIC and also on the west side of Marshall, is the site of Sports Rehabilitation and a large fitness facility with land and water fitness classes, weight training and weight management programs.We also offer outpatient services at the Physical Rehabilitation Center in Albion and the Family Health Center of Albion. In May 2007, Oaklawn opened an outpatient dialysis center in downtown Marshall. The Oaklawn Dialysis Center, in the renovated Brooks Building, offers a convenient location for area patients who need hemodialysis, typically required three times a week for three to four hours each visit. Family of Services
Oaklawn's services are integrated and inclusive:
HistoryWhen Oaklawn Hospital opened, the world was a much different place. Health care was far removed from today's advancements and technology. When opened in 1925, Oaklawn only had 12 beds. It was housed in a private residential home, not even 5,000 square feet, with the third floor accommodating operating, emergency and maternity rooms, a baby's bath and a nursery. The building was furnished with draperies, sheets and pillowcases made by area churches. Presumably, the hospital was so named because of the many oak trees that still exist on its property.The village of Marshall, incorporated in 1887, didn't have its first stoplight until 1926. The hospital opened five years before the Brooks Fountain was dedicated. The village population was somewhere between 4,200 and 5,000. Over a span of more than eight decades, Oaklawn has grown and evolved along with Marshall and surrounding communities. 
The original Oaklawn Hospital building had been a private residence, built in 1837 by Sidney Ketchum, who, with his brother George, founded Marshall in 1831. In 1859, Charles P. Dibble acquired the property. Through his son, William J. Dibble and later his grandson, Charles L. Dibble, the property was deeded to the Ella E. M. Brown Charitable Circle Association, created as a legacy of Charles E. Brown named after his daughter. It is still the legal name of Oaklawn Hospital today. At the time that it was formed, the Charitable Circle was made up of a group of women from local churches and was formed after Brown bequested his home and $37,000--a value of about $390,000 today--for the purpose of starting a hospital. This association sparked the hospital movement in Marshall. The old Dibble home, dubbed The Mansion House, was converted to a hospital and paid for by a fund drive from 1923-25 that raised $45,000. Oaklawn treated its first patient on July 25, 1925.
During the late 1920s and the 1930s, donations to the hospital allowed it to purchase and fund staff and new equipment. Gertrude B. Smith willed the eastern part of the hospital property in 1932. The hospital had become very overcrowded. In 1948, a citizens committee recommended a fund drive to launch a campaign to build a new hospital. The fundraising effort, led by Samuel H. Leggitt and Harold C. Brooks, raised more than $350,000 and the new 47-bed hospital opened in September 1953. The building was expanded in 1962 to 69 beds.The 1970s In 1971, Oaklawn Hospital was on the verge of closing. It was on its last provisional license and the Michigan Department of Public Health gave the hospital until August of 1972 to develop a master plan to overcome some facility deficiencies. It was determined that $1.5 million was required to overcome those deficiencies. Oaklawn looked to the community to raise $500,000 to help fund the project. Chaired by Ed Belcher and the late Chet Hemmingson, the Decision Now Campaign raised nearly $700,000. The hospital was able to proceed with its plans to renovate and expand, and because of that it was granted a new license from the state. The 10,000-square-foot project was completed in 1975, adding a lobby, gift shop, another operating room, medical records offices, administrative offices, a pharmacy and increasing beds to 77. Additionally, the original 12,000-square-foot Wright Medical Building opened. The 1980s In 1980, the Intensive Care Unit opened and physicians began staffing the Emergency Department on weekends. In 1988, the 30,000-square-foot Wright Medical Building opened. The 1990s In 1991, a $5 million, 35,000-square foot hospital addition opened, improving the Emergency Department, Outpatient Surgery, Physical Therapy, Laboratory, Radiology, Medical/Surgical facilities, and Medical Records. It also added space for a permanent, advanced CT scanner at the hospital. Also in 1991, the 17-bed inpatient psychiatric center opened, increasing the number of licensed beds to 94, which is where it stands currently. In 1994, a $1 million Birth Center renovation created six Labor-Delivery-Recovery-Postpartum (LDRP) rooms, among the first hospitals in the area to allow the mom to stay in one room from labor until going home. In 1995, Oaklawn became one of the first hospitals in the area to use wireless laptop computers at each bedside, a major advancement in clinician communication. It was in the 1990s that the volume of outpatient services began to skyrocket. More and more procedures, including surgeries, could be done without an inpatient stay. During the past decade, Oaklawn's outpatient volume in Radiology, Laboratory, Cardiopulmonary and Outpatient Surgery has increased each year. 2000-Present In 2005, the hospital continued its commitment to outstanding facilities with the expansion of the Cronin Imaging Center, the Franke Family Laboratory, Registration and the Emergency Department. Point-of-service registration is now available in the Laboratory and Radiology, far more convenient for the patient. As Marshall's largest employer with a team of more than 700 people, Oaklawn has proven to be a solid, thriving cornerstone of Marshall and surrounding communities. 
In April 2006, Oaklawn began a $27 million expansion project
that will add 38 private rooms on new third and fourth
floors. About 11,000-square-feet of the second floor will
also be renovated, and when complete in late 2007 all of the
hospital's 77 acute care rooms will be private. The first
phase of the project, 19 private rooms on the new fourth
floor, opened in May 2007. Oaklawn is expanding to make all
acute care rooms private to enhance patient privacy, reduce
the risk of infection, decrease patient stress, speed
healing, shorten hospital stays and improve family
amenities.To learn more about Oaklawn's private rooms, visit the private room page and take a virtual tour. Our MissionWe will provide personal, accessible and high-quality care to improve the health and well being of the communities we serve.Our Vision
Our Statement of ValuesWe commit, that through our policies and actions, we will provide a climate that reflects these values which are vital towards implementing the mission of Oaklawn Hospital:Respect - Demonstrate the utmost respect for the health needs and treatment choices of all patients and the service needs of co-workers, visitors and physicians, treating all with kindness, dignity and respect. Integrity - Embrace complete honesty and integrity to all with whom we come in contact. Diversity - Foster a sensitivity and respect toward the diversity of individuals. Quality - Thoughtfully perform responsibilities with a dedication to achieving the highest level of quality possible. Collaboration - Collaborate with others using a positive, success-oriented, problem resolution approach. Leadership - Take a leadership role in improving the health status of our communities. |
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