Posted on February 27, 2019
Covenant HealthCare and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation will build leading-edge rehabilitation hospital in Saginaw
Leaders from Covenant HealthCare and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation approved a request to build a $40.7 million rehabilitation hospital. Located in Saginaw on the Covenant HealthCare main campus, the new building will include 48 inpatient beds with shelled space for 12 beds for future use, and a state-of-the-art outpatient therapy facility. In addition to new services and technology, Mary Free Bed at Covenant HealthCare patients also will be able to participate in national stroke rehabilitation research.
In November 2017, the two organizations signed a partnership agreement creating a 50-50 joint venture that brought advanced rehabilitation care to Saginaw and the Great Lakes Bay Region.
“One of our goals when we began the partnership was to study the need for a separate rehabilitation hospital,” said Mary Free Bed president and CEO Kent Riddle. “Our analysis shows it’s time to move ahead with construction of a new building designed specifically for rehabilitation services.”
“The building will provide more private space for patients and enable our teams to be more efficient as they care for patients,” said Ed Bruff, Covenant HealthCare president and CEO. “In partnership with Mary Free Bed, we believe this hospital will better serve Great Lakes Bay Region residents and be a world-class destination for patients from across the east side of the state.”The joint venture for inpatient rehabilitation became operational in March 2018. Since then, patient rehabilitation results have consistently exceeded national benchmarks.
New Building
In the early stages of development; initial plans call for:
- 48 private inpatient rehabilitation rooms (with space for 12 beds for future use)
- Leading-edge technology, such as ceiling-mounted ambulation systems
- A location on the main campus of Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw
When fully operational, the new rehabilitation hospital is estimated to bring 25-30 additional jobs to Saginaw.
Click to see a video concept, with campus flyover and a patient care montage.
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation at Covenant HealthCare
Since March 2018, the partnership has helped inpatients achieve excellent outcomes:
- Based on a national rehabilitation measure that tracks the amount of improvement in physical and cognitive function, inpatient outcomes significantly exceeded national benchmarks.
- Patient safety and quality metrics including infection rates, falls with injury and pressure ulcers consistently outperformed the national averages.
- Most patients say their primary goal is to return home. Mary Free Bed at Covenant HealthCare sends patients home at a higher rate than national averages.
