The University of Michigan Health System and Trinity Health-Michigan have signed a new master affiliation agreement that paves the way for close cooperation between the two health systems that will benefit patients around the state.
The changes at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor in the last century have transformed the facility from a small structure at the corner of State and Kingsley streets to a campus of buildings that covers more than 350 acres in Superior Township. On Sunday, Oct. 2 from 1-3 ...
The University of Michigan Health System’s Survival Flight service will provide emergency medical helicopters for St. Joseph Mercy Health System’s seven southeastern Michigan hospitals, beginning in September, the health systems announced today. The elimination of St. Joseph Mercy’s Medflight program means 18 full- and part-time employees, and another six contract ...
Employees who come into regular contact with patients at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor will have to wear masks if they haven't had vaccines. Starting today, some University of Michigan Health System employees who refused to get a flu vaccine will be wearing masks while they ...
Under new federal regulations, hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid payments can’t place restrictions on visitation based on sexual orientation — but the new rules don’t affect local hospitals. University of Michigan Health System officials say staff has never denied visitors based on sexual orientation. The visitation policy at St. ...
As I walked our terrier mix, Luna, on a recent crisp day, it seemed like every neighbor was out raking, mulching or otherwise prepping the yard for winter. We took the long way home, through the woods, kicking through leaves, to the lake’s edge, where crimson and mango-tinted trees doubled ...
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Saline has opened a new emergency department for senior citizens, according to an article in The Saline Reporter. The hospital has determined that patients 65 and over will travel to take advantage of better care and decided to create a facility to cater to those ...
A private family foundation has again donated millions in support of women and children’'s health facilities in Washtenaw County. The Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation gave $2.5 million to St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor’s Center for Women and Children, the health system announced today.
The University of Michigan Health System is planning a massive overhaul in the way it stores and shares medical records with a new electronic medical records system. U-M recently signed a contract with the company Epic Systems Corp. to "replace and unify" a number of electronic systems already in use ...
Those treated for heart attacks in Washtenaw County hospitals appear to have a slightly lower risk of death than patients who go to other hospitals around the state. That's according to a USA Today analysis of government Medicare data from more than 4,500 hospitals, which found heart attack death rates ...
Turns out, health care isn't immune to the beating the current recession has been giving other sectors of the economy. University of Michigan and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System research of hospitals across the country shows their finances have taken a hit, and health care quality may be declining as well.
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township is one of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S., according to an annual report released Monday by the Ann Arbor- based health care arm of Thomson Reuters.Local hospitals St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital in Howell, St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital and Chelsea ...
I would like to make a few comments regarding the article about the opening of the new St Joseph Mercy Hospital Tower (“North Tower ready to open, Thursday, March 18). I have worked at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for 31 years as a registered nurse in various departments. I take ...
The rooms in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital's new tower are ready for patient beds. The nurse stations are ready for their computers. And by the time the hospital in Superior Township officially unveils its new completed North Tower for patient rooms in a community open house on April 18, workers ...
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