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In 1965, the hospital was renamed Detroit General, and maintained that mission. In 1980, Detroit General moved to a new 320-bed facility and reclaimed the name Detroit Receiving Hospital. DRH was the first American College of Surgeons verified Level I Trauma Center in Michigan, and one of the first in the nation. Focusing on adult medical care ...
1827: Detroit's first Board of Health is appointed by the city's Common Council; 1831: Detroit's Board of Health responds to the city's first smallpox epidemic; 1839: Detroit's first public hospital is built; 1881: Detroit's first full-time Health Officer, O. W. Wright, is elected
On March 19, 2010, Vanguard Health Systems and Detroit Medical Center announced an $850 million expansion and renovation plan. [3] [4] Detroit Medical Center formally became a part of Vanguard Health Systems on December 30, 2010, as a for-profit corporation. Vanguard agreed to invest nearly $1.5 billion which included $417 million to retire ...
Henry Ford Health is an integrated, not-for-profit health care organization in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] Headquartered in Detroit, [ 4 ] Henry Ford Health is the second-largest health system in Michigan, operating 13 hospitals across the Detroit, Flint , and Jackson areas. [ 5 ]
MPRO/Michigan Medicare Quality Improvement Organization – Governor's Award. The Leapfrog Group – Top Hospital list for patient quality and safety 2012, 2013, 2014. U.S. News & World Report – America's Top Hospitals
Harper University Hospital is one of eight hospitals and institutes that compose the Detroit Medical Center.Harper offers services in a broad range of clinical areas, including cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, organ transplant, plastic surgery, general surgery, bariatric (weight loss surgery) endocrinology and sleep disorders.
Hutzel Women's Hospital, formerly the Women's Hospital and Foundling's Home, is one of the eight institutions that compose the Detroit Medical Center. [1] The hospital itself is connected to Harper University Hospital, on the midtown Detroit campus of the Medical Center. It is the only hospital in Southeast Michigan dedicated to women's care ...
Karmanos began as the Detroit Institute for Cancer Research in 1943. [ citation needed ] It was registered as a non-profit organization in 1949. [ 4 ] The institute was later named the Michigan Cancer Foundation, encompassing the Meyer L. Prentis Comprehensive Cancer Center of Metropolitan Detroit and the cancer programs of the Detroit Medical ...