Two new awards give DMC a total of three hospitals ranked among the nation's best in multiple specialties DMC now has three hospitals that rank among the nation's best. Harper University Hospital and Sinai-Grace Hospital have been recognized as tops in three medical specialties (cardiac, gastrointestinal and neurology), according to the 2009 "America's Best Hospitals" survey conducted by U.S.News & World Report. This recognition follows the announcement last month that Children's Hospital of Michigan received top national honors from the publication. This year, Harper made its first appearance on the heart and heart surgery list, following the introduction last year of Cardio Team One. For the third consecutive year, Harper also ranked as a top 50 hospital in neurology & neurosurgery. Sinai-Grace moved up three spots from #40 in 2008 to #37 this year in neurology & neurosurgery, and made its third consecutive appearance as a top 50 hospital for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.   Premier healthcare alliance recognizes DMC as a top hospital for achieving superior supply expense performance. Premier healthcare alliance’s Purchasing Partners division has recognized 25 alliance members as winners of its second annual Supply Chain Excellence Award. Premier’s Supply Chain Excellence Award is given to the nation’s top hospitals achieving superior supply expense performance as measured by Premier’s recently upgraded SupplyFocusTM, the industry’s largest comparative database of operational and supply chain cost information for acute care hospitals. In addition to Detroit Medical Center, four DMC hospitals were also in the top 25; Detroit Receiving Hospital, DMC Surgery Hospital, Hutzel Women’s Hospital and Sinai-Grace Hospital. DMC beats Johns Hopkins as national leader in EMR innovations Healthcare Informatics has named DMC as their top 2009 Innovator Award recipient. DMC beat out Johns Hopkins for the most important electronic healthcare innovation in America. DMC was chosen for its “Neonatal Barcode Scanning” project. This national breakthrough will eventually prevent medication errors such as those that almost took the lives of actor Dennis Quaid's infant twins.   Four Detroit Medical Center Hospitals Designated “Top Hospitals” for Safety and Quality Practices The Detroit Medical Center is the only health system in the nation to place 4 hospitals (Children’s, DRH, Harper/Hutzel and SGH) in the Leapfrog Group’s 2008 Top Hospital list for patient quality and safety. The Leapfrog group identified 33 hospitals, (26 adult and 7 pediatric) which have achieved the highest level for quality and safety practices. The Leapfrog Group rankings are based on a survey conducted at 1,220 hospitals across the country and is considered the most complete and current assessment of hospital quality and safety available.

Detroit Medical Center named 2009 Most Wired Hospital

For the third consecutive year, Detroit Medical Center has been named to the nation’s MOST WIRED list, according to the results of the 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine which has named the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems since 1999. The Most Wired Survey is conducted annually by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, which uses the results to name the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems. It focuses on how the nation’s hospitals use information technologies for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues.

DMC Children's Hospital and DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital Get MAGNET Recognition
DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan and DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital –American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) MAGNET Recognition designated for nursing excellence. Recognized as one of the highest distinctions a hospital can receive. Children’s Hospital is the only Children’s Hospital in Michigan and Detroit Receiving is the only adult specialty hospital in Detroit with this award.

DMC Receives Healthcare Informatics Innovator Award DMC has received the Healthcare Informatics (HCI) Innovator Award for designing a medication-administration syatem for the smallest patients - those in the care of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at DMC CHildren's Hospital of Michigan. Being selected as an “HCI Innovator Awards Top 10 Finalist” means an organization has gone beyond traditional problem solving approaches, focusing instead on creative solutions that maximize limited time, staffing and money to bring about meaningful changes in patient care and overall efficiency. Parents magazine ranks DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan among Best Children’s Hospitals Parents magazine announced the results of its 10 Best Children’s Hospitals survey to identify the top children’s hospitals in the country. Children’s Hospital of Michigan ranked 25 out of 100 hospitals surveyed and is listed as a runner-up, online at parents.com. The results of the extensive survey will appear in the February 2009 issue of Parents magazine on newsstands nationwide January 13, 2009. DMC wins award for partnering to build Michigan's workforce As a member of the Southeastern Michigan Healthcare Human Resource Executive Council, Detroit Medical Center has received a 2008 Michigan Health Council award for Community or Regional Collaboration to Build Michigan's Workforce. The SE Michigan Healthcare HR Executive Council received the award for developing the Alliance for Clinical Experience (ACE), which will help the region's education and healthcare institutions more efficiently identify, recruit and certify students for clinical placement. ACE involves two new technologies: ACE Placement, a web-based system which will provide an automated clearinghouse for all clinical placement for students, and ACE Passport, a web-based learning system which will certify that students have completed certain requirements such as HIPAA, OSHA, immunizations, background checks and more.
Detroit Medical Center among Corp! Magazine’s “Best of Michigan Business” Award Winners
Michigan's largest business magazine, Corp!, asked its readers to name which businesses they considered the "Best" in Michigan. And 1,000 readers responded with their opinions and praise for businesses throughout the state. Detroit Medical Center (DMC) was among others in the healthcare category. Other categories included firms specializing in staffing, accounting, commercial and industrial real estate, technology, marketing and public relations, manufacturing, sports and entertainment, retailing, grocery, restaurants, engineering and architectural and construction. The mission of Corp! magazine, founded in 1998, is to inform, intrigue and entertain business owners and top level executives by providing business features, news and profiles with a Michigan emphasis.

Detroit Medical Center named as one of the Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facilities for 2007

Detroit Medical Center has been named as one of the Top 25 Connected Healthcare Facilities for 2007 by Health Imaging & IT Magazine . Of the over 600 Healthcare facilities that were submitted, DMC was one of the 25 that received the award. DMC won based upon the percentage of facilities filmless, percent of procedures which are digital, number of modalities, departments who share images, and the ability of in-network physicians and referring physicians to access electronic images.

DMC.org Wins Gold Award for Emery King Health Video Library

The Emery King Library at DMC.org has been recognized with a Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award from Strategic Healthcare Communications, in the category "Best Web 2.0/Rich Media." The award recognizes the DMC’s commitment to providing the most effective web-based rich media experience in the nation. This is the second year in a row DMC's medical Video Library has been recognized with a distinction from this prestigious organization.

Corp! awards DMC for Diversity Initiatives

Detroit Medical Center was awarded 2007 Corp! “Diversity Focused Companies” Award. Corp! is Michigan’s Largest Business Magazine.

Crain's Detroit Business 2007 Most Influential Women Award


Mary Zuckerman, Executive Vice President and Chief of Business Operations, Detroit Medical Center and Iris Taylor, President, Detroit Receiving Hospital named Crain’s Detroit Business 2007 Most Influential Women Award.

Crain’s Detroit Business 2007 Forty under 40

Luanne Thomas Ewald, Vice President of Business Development, DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan named one of Crain’s Detroit Business 2007 Forty under 40. Crain’s identifies men and women in the business and nonprofit community who have achieved solid business success before the age of 40.

Two DMC hospitals – Huron Valley-Sinai and Sinai-Grace -- are ranked among the top five percent in the nation for clinical quality by the health-care rating organization HealthGrades. Only 270 hospitals across the U.S. earned the 2009 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. The winning hospitals collectively had a 27 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate and an eight percent lower risk-adjusted inpatient complication rate for Medicare patients. If all hospitals met the performance of these DMC hospitals, 152,666 lives would have been saved between 2005 and 2007.

Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital received the Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence Award (2008) and three other DMC hospitals -- Harper University Hospital, Detroit Receiving Hospital and Sinai-Grace Hospital received HealthGrades’ Stroke Care Excellence Award for 2007. Also recognized were Harper for Gastrointestinal Care and Pulmonary Care; Sinai-Grace for Critical Care.

DMC Human Resources Receives 2007 Arbor Award for Excellence

Detroit Medical Center is the recipient of a 2007 Arbor Award for Excellence, recognizing best practices in Human Resources. the award is presented for meeting the highest standards of excellence in a strong field of entries, for the DMC Leadership Academy program. The Arbor Awards for Excellence are co-sponsored by the Arbor Consulting Group, Inc., and the Eastern Michigan University Master of Science of HR/OD Program.

ISO 9001:2000/ISO 14001:2004 certification

Led by a dedicated team of quality experts, the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) system has undergone a management system overview, with the goal of achieving ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certification. This certification, based upon standards developed by the International Standards organization, indicates that the DMC complies with an international standard of system management concerned with quality – what the DMC does to manage its processes or activities in order to enhance customer satisfaction by meeting applicable regulatory requirements and continually improve its performance (ISO 9001:2000). In addition, it indicates that the DMC has implemented a management program that moves an organization beyond regulatory compliance into sustainable business development, as it applies to environment-related measures (ISO 14001:2004).

These certifications are unique in the healthcare environment of southeast Michigan. Very few healthcare systems have made the effort to become certified for their entire operation like DMC. To learn more about the International Standards organization, go to www.iso.org.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

Joint Commission evaluates the quality and safety of care for more than 15,000 health care organizations. To maintain and earn accreditation, organizations like the DMC must have an extensive on-site review by a team of Joint Commission health care professionals, at least once every three years. The purpose of the review is to evaluate the organization's performance in areas that affect your care. Accreditation may then be awarded based on how well the organizations met Joint Commission standards. All four DMC hospitals (Huron Valley, CHM, DRH and RIM) that have been surveyed for 2008 have successfully received full accreditation. To learn more about how to use JCAHO accreditation information to select the best healthcare provider for you or your family, go to www.jcaho.org.

National Sports Affiliation

The DMC is the official Healthcare Services Provider for four of the five national sports teams in the state: the Detroit Tigers, the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Pistons and the Detroit Shock.

Top Docs

The DMC has a great team of doctors and every year, many of them are ranked as tops in their specialties by local and national medical industry surveys, including, America’s Top Doctors (by Castle Connolly), Best Doctors, Inc. and HOUR Detroit Magazine Top Docs . We are proud of all our physicians and especially honor those whose outstanding contributions to the medical field are recognized nationwide.

DMC web site receives the Web Marketing Association’s Standard of Excellence Award

www.DMC.org, the web site of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), has received the Web Marketing Association’s 2007 WebAwards Standard of Excellence for outstanding achievement in web site development. This award identifies the DMC web sites as a standard of excellence for which all web sites should strive. This year’s WebAward Competition featured over 23,000 web sites from 35 countries. Web sites were judged in areas of design, interactivity, technology, content, innovation, copywriting and ease of use to target audience. The web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and web development on the World Wide Web.

Detroit Medical Center receives the “Best Practices in Infrastructure Management” award for excellence in infrastructure management technology

The Detroit Medical Center has received the prestigious “Best Practices in Infrastructure Management” award given annually by Computerworld’s Infrastructure Management World, the premier conference for leaders in the data center and infrastructure Management sector. The award recognizes DMC’s leadership and excellence among users of infrastructure management technology across the nation. The DMC is one of only two organizations bestowed the award annually.

The Detroit Medical Center was awarded the 2006 Healthcare Corporation of the Year award by the Michigan Business Development Council (MMBDC).

The Corporation of the Year Award is presented to a corporation which actively includes certified minority suppliers in their procurement opportunities, assists in the development of minority suppliers, and promotes supplier diversity and business development within their corporation and to vendors and other businesses and organizations. The DMC was one of seven nominees in the health care category.

Bariatric Center of Excellence! Harper University Hospital receives accreditation from the Surgical Review Corporation and the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons.
Harper University Hospital has received full approval from the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) and the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) as a Bariatric Center of Excellence. This accreditation recognizes that Harper's bariatric program meets the patient care standards as set forth by the SRC and ASBS.

Top Level Trauma Care
Three of the four top-level trauma centers in Wayne County are DMC hospitals: Detroit Receiving Hospital (Level I), Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Level I – Pediatrics) and Sinai-Grace Hospital (Level II). Receiving is also home to the annual Detroit Trauma Symposium.