Henry Ford Health System absorbs Jackson hospital

Henry Ford Health System has finalized its deal to absorb smaller Allegiance Health of Jackson, marking the Detroit-based system's first significant expansion beyond southeast Michigan. Allegiance Health's 475-bed main hospital, formerly known as W. A. Foote Memorial Hospital, is now officially renamed Henry Ford Allegiance Health. The deal, which received all required regulatory approvals, also brings the more than 30 Allegiance Health outpatient centers into the Henry Ford fold.