Henry Ford Hospital
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| Henry Ford Hospital Henry Ford Health System |
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| Place | Detroit Michigan, (USA) |
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| Care System/Type | Unknown |
| Affiliated University | Wayne State University |
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| Emergency Dept. | Yes |
| Beds | 903 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1915 |
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| Website | Homepage |
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Henry Ford Hospital is a part of the Henry Ford Health System located in Detroit, Michigan. The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit is a few blocks from Wayne State University and the New Center area, near the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place. The hospital was founded in 1915 by Henry Ford as a philanthropic project. It was modeled after the Mayo Clinic's closed medical staff model and many early physicians came from Johns Hopkins Hospital. The hospital has an academic affiliation with Wayne State University School of Medicine, but has its own residency and fellowship programs that are not affiliated with Wayne State University. Medical students from schools including Wayne State and Michigan State University rotate through Henry Ford during their third and fourth years.
Henry Ford Hospital performs organ transplants in many areas, including heart, lung, kidney, and liver. The lung transplant program at Henry Ford is one of only two programs in the entire state of Michigan. It is a major referral center for patients with sarcoidosis and other interstitial lung diseases.
The hospital is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in the country.[citation needed] Henry Ford Hospital History
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Henry Ford Hospital, located at what was then the edge of the city of Detroit at Hamilton and West Grand Boulevards, opened its doors to patients in October 1915. A Private Patient Building accommodated 48 patients, and several other small buildings housed the surgical pavilion, research quarters, kitchens and laundry facilities, the power plant, and garage. The Hospital was financed and built by Henry Ford, who organized a closed staff of physicians and surgeons, many of whom came from Johns Hopkins.
Within two years, construction of a larger building began on the same 20 acre site. The shell of this incomplete building was turned over to the federal government in 1918 for use as U.S. Army General Hospital No. 36, which provided care for returning veterans of World War I while the Henry Ford Hospital staff were away in military service. After the war the 50,000 square foot building was completed, opening in 1921 and providing 500 new beds for the growing Detroit community. The staff grew over the years, and its threefold commitment to patient care, research, and medical education built on traditions which came with that original staff from Johns Hopkins.
In 1925, a 300 room Nurses Home named for Clara Ford was opened to house students of the newly formed Henry Ford Hospital School of Nursing. The diploma school offered training in basic sciences and nursing practice, graduating more than 5000 students in the ensuing 71 years of its operation. The School was known for its high standards and excellence in education and practice, and "Ford grads" were easily recognized by their unique caps as well as for their skillful care of patients.
The Edsel B. Ford Institute for Medical Research was established at Henry Ford Hospital in 1947 as the Hospital's formal division of scientific research. The Institute developed over the years and later became a Research Department with activities involving millions of dollar in research grants annually and projects in many areas of medical and surgical specialization. Ultimately, in 1990, the Health System's academic and research activities were brought together under the umbrella of the newly formed Henry Ford Health Sciences Center.
By the 1950s the Hospital's operations and practice had grown so that expansion was necessary. In early 1955, the Hospital celebrated the opening of a 17 story Clinic Building which housed fourteen specialty outpatient clinics, a 35,000 volume medical library and twenty new operating rooms. The new facility relieved crowding in the Main Hospital, and space was reopened there for inpatient care.
In the 1970s, the Hospital's leadership recognized changes in the demographics of the city and its patient base, which called for serious changes in the structure of the Hospital in order to meet the needs of those patients. Two large new satellite outpatient centers were opened in 1975, one in Dearborn and one in West Bloomfield. Within a short time, many former Henry Ford Hospital patients returned as they found the care they required available closer to their homes. These new centers featured family and pediatric care, dentistry, behavioral services, radiology, and pharmacy services. Thus began the expansion of Henry Ford Hospital services into the Detroit metropolitan area.
Within ten years, five others suburban centers had opened, including a specialty center for the treatment of chemical and alcohol dependency. Improvements and additions at the Detroit campus had continued throughout the period, and included the construction of the Benson Ford Education and Research Building and a 190 unit apartment building for house officers and their families. A 210,000 square foot addition called Eleanor Clay Ford Pavilion opened in 1982, housing new operating rooms, modern emergency room facilities, intensive care units, and radiology facilities. New equipment and technologies kept the Hospital at the forefront of medical capability.
The Hospital's Board of Trustees reorganized its corporate structure in 1983, incorporating a parent organization called the Henry Ford Health Care Corporation to oversee the operations of the Hospital and two subsidiaries. During the late 1980s, the Hospital affiliated with Cottage, Wyandotte and Kingswood Hospitals, and added an HMO called Health Alliance Plan. By 1990, with these additions and 25 suburban centers, another corporate reorganization established the Henry Ford Health System.
At present, more than 800 physicians in more than 40 specialties staff the Henry Ford Hospital and 22 Henry Ford Medical Centers. These sites and five other hospitals, several special programs and centers, and Michigan's largest mixed model managed care plan (HAP) allow the Henry Ford Health System to handle 2.5 million patient visits annually. With 12,600 employees, Henry Ford Health System is the 6th largest employer in the state. These employees and physicians take seriously the Henry Ford Health System's mission to provide exceptional quality, cost effective care strengthened by education and research, carrying on the traditions of the founder and the original staff of the Henry Ford Hospital.
For additional information, please see the Henry Ford Health System Innovations, or consider ordering the book Henry Ford Hospital, The First 75 Years by Patricia Painter.
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- Henry Ford Hospital
- Henry Ford Internal Medicine Residency Program Established in 1915 it is one of nation's oldest and most respected training programs
- Henry Ford Department of Neurosurgery
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