Detroit Health Care Videos
Remote Health Monitoring Technology Featured on Detroit TV
Aug 26, 2010
The latest health care technology from Michigan home health care agency Residential Home Health is featured in this news segment, which aired on Detroits WDIV-TV. A demonstration of the company's eCareRN home health monitoring system is included, as well as a preview for a recent red carpet recruitment gala held at Detroit's Fox Theatre. Residential Home Health treated hundreds of registered nurses, occupational therapists and physical therapists like stars at the event, which kicked off a yearlong hiring surge for the company. To learn more about Residential Home Health, please visit www.residentialhomehealth.com or call 866.902.4000.
Detroit: Medicare Fraud Summit Preventing Health Care Fraud Panel
Sep 24, 2011
Panel 3: The Role of Providers in Preventing Health Care Fraud Open Press -Peter Budetti, MD, JD, Moderator, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, CMS -Vickie Neal, Area Director, National Insurance Crime Bureau Area 8 Operations -Martha Pollock, MD, Corporate Medical Director, Integrated Health Services, Beaumont Hospitals -L. Albert Villarin, Jr., MD FACEP, National Director of Physician Services, Thomson Reuters -Cynthia F. Wisner, JD, Associate Counsel, Trinity Health More info at: www.stopmedicarefraud.gov We accept comments in the spirit of our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov US Department of Health and Human Services: www.hhs.gov HHS Privacy Policy www.hhs.gov
Henry Ford Health System of Detroit, Michigan: 2009 Media Highlights
Jan 26, 2012
Henry Ford Health System's 2009 Media Highlights. AboutHenry Ford Health System Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is a Michigan not-for-profit corporation governed by a 22-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprising 129 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. HFHS is managed by Chief Executive Officer Nancy M. Schlichting. HFHS is one of the nation's leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. It provides health insurance and health care delivery, including acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services backed by excellence in research and education. For more information, visit www.henryford.com
2010 Media Highlights - Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI
Jan 26, 2012
Highlights of media outreach and coverage for Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI throughout 2010. AboutHenry Ford Health System Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is a Michigan not-for-profit corporation governed by a 22-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprising 129 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. HFHS is managed by Chief Executive Officer Nancy M. Schlichting. HFHS is one of the nation's leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. It provides health insurance and health care delivery, including acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services backed by excellence in research and education. For more information, visit www.henryford.com
Graduate Medical Education at Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI
Aug 15, 2011
Henry Ford Health System supports residency and fellowship programs offered at our hospitals and medical centers. Henry Ford Health System is one of the premier integrated health care delivery systems in the country. With 17000 employees, seven hospitals, an 1000-member medical group, a 530000-member health maintenance organization, 25 ambulatory centers, home health care and other health-related entities located throughout southeastern Michigan, our health system is one of the largest and most respected in the nation. For More Information, visit www.henryford.com Henry Ford Medical Education Overview When Henry Ford Hospital first opened in its doors in 1915, doctors from across the United States came to Detroit to learn the new ways of patient care. While much has changed over the past century, Henry Ford's commitment to training the top health care professionals of the future has remained strong. Henry Ford health System is one of the country's largest research centers, with $50 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and other sources. As one of the largest medical teaching centers in the United States, Henry Ford Health System trains more than 1600 doctors every year. AboutHenry Ford Health System Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is a Michigan not-for-profit corporation governed by a 22-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprising 129 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. HFHS is ...
Fighting Swine Flu With Pepperoni (Detroit)
Aug 26, 2010
Across the country, schools are bribing kids to take the Swine Flu shots. In Detroit, the bribe is Pepperoni. Really!?!? www.wxyz.com The Detroit Health Department is fighting swine flu with pepperoni. When kids return to school after the holiday break, each class has the opportunity to get a free pizza party if they sign up for the shots. Its a simple fact--kids dont like vaccinations even when they can get them in a spray. Their parents, like Leslie Ethridge however, are often eager to get their kids protected, Your children get 20 some odd inoculations, this is just another one, so if its available you should get the shot. But when Detroit schools both public and private-- sent home permission slips for students to get H1N1 vaccine at school, the return rate was only about ten percent. Dr. Walter Davis, Detroit Pandemic Flu Coordinator, told us, talking to principals and some parents we find that a lot of them are never receiving consent forms. The Detroit Health Department has already been working especially hard to get the vaccine into the community. For instance, today parents attending the Christmas program at the Foreign Language Immersion School on Outer Drive had the chance to get shots for themselves and their children before or after the program. Mom, Kimberley Wallace said, This is the easiest for me. This way I dont have to take them to the doctors office, take them out of school or anything so it works out real well. But apparently not well enough. So Dr ...
NBA Detroit Pistons and Medical Weight Loss Clinic Host "Be Fit" Assembly
May 17, 2011
NBA Be Fit School Assembly with Medical Weight Loss Center and Pistons Tayshaun Prince Detroit Piston Tayshaun Prince and Strength and Conditioning Coach Arnie Kander are joining Medical Weight Loss Clinic to address childhood obesity by delivering an interactive "Be Fit" assembly to 400 students at Vandenberg World Cultures Academy, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 from 2:30-3:30 pm Prince and Kander will demonstrate fitness techniques and discuss how to maintain a healthy diet. Pistons dance team Automotion and Palace Patrol will also perform and students will be awarded prizes based on answering Pistons health trivia questions. This event is in conjunction with NBA FIT Live Healthy Week, which tipped off on Tuesday, Jan. 4 and continues through Jan. 12. During this week, all 30 teams and their players join community members and partners to highlight the importance of living an active, healthy lifestyle through grassroots programs and events, special oncourt apparel, in-arena health screenings and online programming. Vandenberg World Cultures Academy is located at 16100 Edwards Avenue, Southfield, MI 48076. Vandenberg World Cultures Academy students kindergarten through eight will experience an interactive assembly orchestrated by Year-Round Hoops Director Aaron Smith. The Pistons selected Vandenberg World Cultures Academy because of the various health initiatives the school provides students including implementing fresh fruits and vegetables for lunches and developing an ...
COVENANT COMMUNITY CARE
Nov 27, 2011
WELCOME TO COVENANT COMMUNITY CARE, INC. a faith based, non-profit organization dedicated to providing primary health care to the uninsured and underinsured of Southwest Detroit. For more information visit www.covenantcommunitycare.org and www.messiahdetroit.org.
Driving Innovation (& an Electric Car) in Detroit
Feb 11, 2012
Henry Ford Hospital President & CEO John Popovich, Jr., MD, recently had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the Chevy Volt owned by Ideal Group's CEO Frank Venegas. To really test the car's electric charge and gas mileage -- and continue the conversation about innovation in Detroit -- Dr. Popovich and Frank drove to a few Henry Ford sites where innovation is revolutionizing patient care. Their journey included Henry Ford Hospital, the Innovation Institute at Henry Ford, HAP, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and CHASS. Read more on Doc in the D, docinthed.com
Leader in Creating the New Local Economy of Detroit Wayne County
Aug 12, 2011
Henry Ford Health System, one of the nation's leading health care providers, is Metro Detroit's 4th largest employer and amid the region's recent economic downturn, has been a key leader in stimulating the changing economy of Detroit, Wayne County and southeast Michigan. Some of the largest investments in Henry Ford's history have been made all across Wayne County in the past few years. AboutHenry Ford Health System Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is a Michigan not-for-profit corporation governed by a 22-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprising 129 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. HFHS is managed by Chief Executive Officer Nancy M. Schlichting. HFHS is one of the nation's leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. It provides health insurance and health care delivery, including acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services backed by excellence in research and education. For more information, visit www.henryford.com
Schvitz - Russian Banya Club in Detroit
Jan 19, 2011
The Oakland Avenue Bath House, whose official name was the Oakland Health Club, was built in central Detroit in 1930. Still in business, it is today known as the Schvitz Health Club (or Shvitz). At this establishment one can get a plaitza (or platza, or pleytze), which is a rubdown (massage) that takes place inside a steam room, utilizing an oak leaf broom soaked in hot water (sometimes hot soapy water). After the plaitza, one may indulge in a huge meal. Schvitz Health Club 8295 Oakland St Detroit MI 48211 Phone: (313) 871-9707 www.banyaclub.com
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Concierge health-care delivers medical perks for the price
For patients who complain about a lack of face time with their doctors, concierge healths care sounds pretty appealing. If you can afford a physician's retainer fee, it's an attractive healths care model for both doctors and patients. Patients benefit from around-the-clock access to their doctor, house calls, near-immediate appointment access, flexible scheduling outside traditional office hours and personalized service, according to myMD, which provides retainer-based medical care.
Detroit-area Hospitals Enhancing Patient Safety with PerfectServe
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