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Beaver Island Rural Health Center continues affiliation talks and board planning, 2009

Also BIRHC Northern Michigan Hospital affiliation talks 2009

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TypeEvent
Date2009-11-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2009-11-21
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Rural Health Center’s task force continued preliminary talks with Northern Michigan Hospital in November 2009. The article mentions possible medical-record digitization, one-year board-term extensions, tight finances, a $100,000 grant shared by an island consortium, and plans to recruit additional board applicants.

Evidence limits

The report does not establish that an affiliation, digitization project, or specific financial outcome was completed. It also does not expose medical records; the health information is organizational and financial reporting.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2009, "The Health Center Linkage: Not Yet."
    Reports continuing preliminary affiliation talks with Northern Michigan Hospital, possible medical-record digitization, extended board terms, financial pressure, and a $100,000 consortium grant. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the health-center report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center continues affiliation talks and board planning, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rural-health-center-affiliation-talks-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2009, "The Health Center Linkage: Not Yet." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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