ShareJack Butler, Surgical Imagineer in the Department of Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, emailed me after hearing me talk about the importance of patient centeredness. Jack wrote: “I am lucky often to be allowed to slip in and listen to the adults talking. Your insight that the various interviewees never brought up the patients – [...]
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ShareI have been fortunate enough to walk in the shoes of some of our outstanding employees, and as a result, have gotten to know many of them. During my most recent Walk in My Shoes experience, I was able to visit an old friend and colleague, O’Neal Sanders. O’Neal is a respiratory therapist with 40 [...]
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ShareWellness has been an important topic of discussion during the past year on Doc in the D. Beyond talking about healthy food and eating habits, I’ve also received a number of comments on my blog from Henry Ford Hospital employees who are looking to incorporate exercise into their lives. I hear it all of the [...]
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ShareIt only took one week to prove a point that I regularly tell people: Henry Ford Hospital is so more than just a hospital, a place to care for patients. We’re a destination in Detroit for education, culture and some truly unbelievable events for our employees, patients and the community. (And it all happens while [...]
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Share Talk about great customer service. The Detroit Tigers traveled across Michigan – through our first “major” winter snow – as part of their annual Winter Caravan to thank fans and get them excited about the upcoming baseball season. (Spring training and warmer weather are right around the corner!) Henry Ford Hospital was one of many [...]
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Share“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Henry Ford Hospital was honored today (Jan. 16) to host a great celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., not only for the man, but the vision and principles that he continues to inspire in all of us. This site [...]
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Share“You can learn a lot about a person from his dreams. What we dream is a reflection of who we are. It is the measure of our aspirations and goals, and of those values we hold dear and place above all else.” – Zadok Rabinowitz The New Year offers each of us a point in [...]
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Share The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration. At the Henry Ford Hospital campus, there’s much to celebrate for our accomplishments of this year and for the future accomplishments that we’re about to achieve. I want to thank each and every one of the Henry Ford team members who have worked so [...]
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ShareI cannot tell you how proud I am of everyone at Henry Ford Health System for winning the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Let me make that clear: YOU WON THE BALDRIGE AWARD. Nancy set the goal, Bob and the Executive Team set the framework, Bill Conway drove the quality agenda, and Sue Hawkins, [...]
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ShareWhen I invited you to join my virtual thanksgiving table on Doc in the D, I felt pretty confident that you would provide responses. But I didn’t expect the sheer volume of diverse and positive responses from across the entire Henry Ford Health System. Many of you wrote about your families, both at home and [...]
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