Milestones
2009
- U-M improved preventive and chronic care and saved Medicare $$. As one of 10 physician groups in national experiment, U-M Faculty Group Practice demonstrates the power of closely coordinated care for third year
- U-M Health System earned a Building Michigan's Healthcare Workforce Award for its evidence-based approach to celebrations and recognitions.
2008
- The University of Michigan Health System was honored by the American Hospital Association for highest quality care and patient safety. UMHS was the lone finalist for the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize. According to the AHA, UMHS doctors, nurses and other health professionals provide some of the highest-quality health care in the country – and some of the safest, too.
- UMHS team develops adverse event reporting system. Adverse events are complications of health care. An article about UMHS’s new system was published in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Patient Safety.
- UMHS participates in Healthcare Equality Index, a first-of-its-kind index that rates hospitals for standards of patient care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.
2007
- U-M patient safety leader receives national honor: Darrell A. Campbell, Jr., M.D., wins Eisenberg Award for efforts to improve surgical safety in U.S., and make U-M “the safest medical center in America.”
- U-M Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announce Marianne Udow as director for joint venture. The Center for Healthcare Quality & Transformation, which was created as part of the sale of M-CARE, is devoted to improving Michigan's health care.
- BCBSM and U-M Health System launch Michigan HealthQuarters, a new organization devoted to improving Michigan’s health care; joint venture created as part of M-CARE sale undertakes U-M employee diabetes quality project as its first effort.
2006
- U-M Hospitals and Health Centers recognized as top performer in 2006 University HealthSystem Consortium Quality & Accountability Ranking.
- U-M’s Brant Fries, Ph.D., chosen to help lead major national study of nursing homes: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ study aims to improve division of resources and quality of care at nursing homes.
2005
- U-M to lead initiative to improve breast cancer treatment in Michigan: One of five major statewide initiatives to improve quality of care.
- U-M Health System is first in world to use new light-based system to check high-risk medications: Pharmacists can verify drug identity and concentration to protect patient safety.
- Patient safety measures work at children’s hospitals, study finds, but better kid-specific tools are needed: First study of its kind looks at potentially preventable problems and suggests ways to improve.
2004
- UMHS earns top scores in Michigan hospital quality report; only hospital in the state that meets all of Michigan Health and Safety Coalition’s guidelines for quality health care.
