DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan’s Nursing Excellence Received with Prestigious Magnet® Recognition DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) has achieved Magnet® recognition as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care. Magnet recognition is determined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, which ensures that rigorous standards for nursing excellence are met. With this credential, RIM joins the Magnet community—a select group of 395 healthcare organizations out of nearly 6,000 U.S. healthcare organizations. RIM is one of only three rehab hospitals in the U.S. to receive Magnet® designation and joins the DMC’s Detroit Receiving Hospital and Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in receiving this honor.
Read More DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan to Reduce Hunger Gap Affecting Detroit Area Kids The end of the school year often marks the end of a guaranteed meal for almost half of Detroit’s children. In Southeast Michigan, more than 300,000 free or reduced fee, breakfasts and lunches are served daily during the school year. The DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan Professional Nurse Council is leading a community effort to provide area children with a consistent daily meal over summer recess. Their Fourth Annual Cereal Drive kicks off on May 31 – June 7, 2013.
Read More Four DMC Hospitals Earn Top Grades from the 2013 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Scores - Again! Four Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Hospitals - DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, DMC Harper University & Hutzel Women’s Hospitals, DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital and DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital –have received "A" rankings from the Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Scores for 2013, making DMC Hospitals among the safest in the country. Hospital Safety Scores are calculated under the guidance of an eight-member Leapfrog Blue Ribbon expert panel of patient safety experts who used publicly available hospital safety data. U.S. hospitals were evaluated on preventable patient injuries, medication errors and infections, and each was assigned a letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F reflecting on how safe hospitals are for patients.
Read More DMC HARPER-HUTZEL HOST DMC Harper University Hospital and Hutzel Women’s Hospital is hosting its Annual Community Baby Shower. The Baby Shower, hosted by WWJ 950 Health Reporter Sean Lee, will take place Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the former Hutzel Women’s Hospital building located at 4707 St. Antoine in the Auditorium.
Read More DMC Harper Hospital Kidney Transplant Program Multidisciplinary approach to transplant therapy gives chronic kidney disease sufferers “a new chance at life” – while currently serving more African-American patients per capita than any other program in the United States.
Read More Detroit Medical Center Leads Innovative New Treatment For Heart Failure Patients Read More