ShareI had the pleasure of participating along with 300 other cyclists in the second annual Tour de Ford bike ride. Cyclists of all experience levels had the opportunity to tour our city while benefiting the Tom Groth Patient Medical Needs Fund, which provides health care, medication, equipment medical supplies and social services to underinsured patients [...]
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ShareAs you may have read this week in a Detroit News article, my leadership team and I have recently incorporated care rounding with patients at Henry Ford Hospital into our weekly activities. You might ask, “What’s new about a physician and an administrative team rounding on patients in a hospital?” My response? “Quite a bit.” [...]
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ShareAs we move to a new vision statement for Henry Ford, the essential value remains from our prior vision statement: Providing each patient the quality of care and comfort we want for our families and ourselves. This letter from Karen Davis – one of our hospital’s administrative nurse managers whose daughter was recently a patient [...]
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ShareHealth care marketing and promotion has become an important component of getting the message out about providers and organizations. Resources, both financial and human, have been added by all institutions to meet the increasing emphasis on providing a media face for these purposes. Many of the best talents in writing and public relations have been [...]
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ShareWhen I think about medical television programs that I remember watching, I go way back to the 1960s. Yes, there was television at that time. Two very influential programs about doctors debuted during that era. “Dr. Kildare” was the vehicle that started Richard Chamberlain’s acting career, playing an intern working at Blair General Hospital under [...]
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ShareI am pausing at this time (sort of like the NHL season break), asking for you to blog back to me. What’s on your mind about The Henry Ford Hospital, health care, work, life, the City of Detroit, or any other topic that you want to share your perspectives as employees, health care workers, patients, [...]
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ShareHere are the final three items on my list of the top things I expect to see in health care over the next year. I will stop at 10. Which are on your mind? (Please post your comments, or your top 10 list below.) Top 10 List, Day 3: 1. Fight Over Health Care Reform [...]
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ShareThe other day, I began my list for the Top 10 issues in health care that I expect to see in 2011. Today, I’ve added four more items to my list, as well as included links to the items discussed on yesterday’s blog. Again, join in the discussion if you wish to add, delete or [...]
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ShareEvery year or so I re-read a book that has greatly influenced much of my business thinking: Jim Collins’ GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don’t . And when I re-read the book, Collins seems to be getting smarter. I see the relevance of what he discusses to the [...]
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