Portage Health Foundation Grant Awards

2011

• Dialysis equipment for the Dialysis Center
• Fetal monitor for the Family Birthing Center
• Equipment for Express Care
• Pediatric Rehab Equipment 
• Sentri 7 Clinical Surveillance and Reporting System for Pharmacy

2010

• Area Geriatric Education Scholars (AGES) Internship Program for U.P. Youth
• BabySense feature for HUGS System for the Family Birthing Center
• GeneXpert IV for the Laboratory Department
• Spinning - Indoor Cycling Class for the Community Health Department
• Wireless Internet Access Service Enhancement

2009

• Area Geriatric Education Scholars (AGES) Internship Program for U.P. Youth
• Personal Action Toward Health (PATH) Program
• Portage Health Anticoagulation Clinic
• Portage Health Resources/Senior Meals Program - Equipment and software
• Room Service Dining Program

2008

• Area Geriatric Education Scholars (AGES) Internship Program for U.P. Youth
• Baby scale in warmer
• Chronic Disease Electronic Management System (CDEMS) 2008 – Diabetes clinics/diabetes education
• Blood Volume Monitors
• Physiological Alteration through Clinical Exercise (PACE) program

2007

• Area Geriatric Education Scholars (AGES)
• Chronic Disease Electronic Management System (CDEMS) Pilot 2007 – diabetes clinics/diabetes education
• Interior furnishings of the MRI suite
• Resuscitation training equipment
• Telehealth for Home Care
• Michigan Tech multiple use trail improvements

2006

• Search and Rescue Services
• Student Total Exercise Program and Energy Nutrition (STEPEN) wellness
• PortagePointe Transformation / Culture Change (elder-directed care)
• Community health fair total cholesterol and blood glucose screening
• Teaching Early Towards Access to Careers in Health (TEACH)

2004

• Student Total Exercise Program and Energy Nutrition (STEPEN) wellness
• Acute care central monitoring system
• BEAM (Bring Eden to Michigan) education, aka Eden Immersion (elder-directed care)
• PortagePointe Alzheimer’s dementia education
• Patient identification bracelet project
• Smokeless tobacco cessation program
• Congestive heart failure patient education project

2003

• Jaws of Life rescue equipment
• Skin cancer screening project
• Nutrition for the cancer patient project
• Student Health Information and Empowerment (SHINE) wellness project

Contact us

For more information about the Portage Health Foundation, please call (906) 483-1566 or (800) 573-5001 (toll-free).