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Helping hands: Doctors lead hand surgery workshop in Vietnam
Two U-M surgeons traveled recently to Vietnam to help train local doctors in specialized hand reconstruction techniques. U-M Chief of Hand Surgery Kevin Chung and Hand Surgery Fellow Matthew Brown spent…
CORE set to improve patient accessibility
World-class specialists within the U-M Medical Group are often a resource for our primary care providers who turn to the specialists when patients need a higher level of care.That’s why the…
Olympics-themed activities featured at virtual summer camp
Camp Little Victors, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital’s virtual summer camp…
Digital alerts boost hepatitis C screenings
Baby boomers, adults born between 1946 and 1964, are five times more likely to have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus (HCV) than other generations.As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force recommend that all patients in that age group get tested for the virus.But the simple blood test, designed to detect and prevent illness before the virus wreaks havoc, is infrequently performed on baby boomers whose routine medical appointments are often crammed with other preventative measures and tests.Investigators at UMHS recently found an easy way to help its primary care physicians…
High school students inspired by rare opportunity
For some local high school seniors,…
MiChart upgrade and October go-live
As U-M’s electronic health record, MiChart has been a primary tool for improving patient safety, health care quality and efficiency, and increasing collaboration between patients and their providers. MiChart’s successful implementation…
Join UMHS JDRF walk team to fight diabetes
Join UMHS and JDRF on Sept. 18 to help raise awareness and funds for the JDRF One Walk to Cure Diabetes! Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that impacts millions of people around the world. JDRF is the leading global organization that funds research to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes. As a platinum sponsor, UMHS is partnering with JDRF to help raise awareness as well as funds for research. Here is what you need to know about the upcoming walk: When: Sunday, Sept. 18, registration is at 8:30 a.m., walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Location: Hudson Mills…
UMHHC honored as one of nation’s ‘Best Hospitals’
Our employees are at the heart of everything we do at U-M. And it continues to be recognized that our employees are among the nation’s best. The U-M Hospitals and Health…
Submit a Michigan IT Symposium proposal
Are you working on an exciting IT project? Did you recently launch a new system, service or improvement in your unit? Have you overcome a challenge in a creative way through non-traditional uses of technology, cross-unit partnerships, or soft skills? The Michigan IT Symposium committee is now accepting proposals for conference sessions to be held at the 2016 Michigan IT Symposium. To apply, simply fill out a brief application on the CIO website by Aug. 12. Session proposals should align with at least one of the U-M IT strategic goals: Collaborative research and learning Unified research ecosystem Learning laboratory Learning health system Minimal administrative overhead Session delivery…