Lakeland is a not-for-profit, community-owned system
of care serving the southwest Michigan region of
Berrien, Cass and VanBuren counties. In addition
to the three hospitals, the system includes walk-in
clinics, long-term care, home care, laboratory and
radiology services, rehabilitation and other services
throughout the region. Lakeland also offers health,
safety, wellness and prevention events, classes and
programs throughout the year.
Our History
Lakeland HealthCare began in 1992, when Mercy-Memorial
Medical Center, Inc., located in Benton Harbor/St.
Joseph merged with the Pawating Hospital Association
located in Niles. Those two hospitals–now known
as Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph and
Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles–are the
heart of the system today, along with Lakeland Specialty
Hospital (formerly Berrien General Hospital), which
joined Lakeland in 1994. Our main outpatient facility,
the Lakeland Center for Outpatient Services was completed
in 2002. Together, these facilities have provided
a total of more than 260 years of service to their
communities. Today, Lakeland has more than 3,000
associates and approximately 300 affiliated physicians.
Quality Care
At Lakeland HealthCare, we’re
proud of the care we deliver to our communities.
It is our mission to provide high-quality, compassionate
heathcare services. As a part of this mission, we
work to continuously improve the quality of the services
we provide. We benchmark our care against national
standards to assess how we are performing to make
sure we are providing our patients with the best
possible healthcare services.
We are proud
to announce that in 2005, Lakeland HealthCare again
received full accreditation from the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Our Team of Professionals
Lakeland has more
than 3,000 employees who provide clinical and supportive
services at several locations throughout southwest
Michigan. We work with approximately 300 primary
and specialty care physicians to provide high-quality
healthcare services close to home.
