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Biomedical commercialization has big year at U-M
Fast Forward Medical Innovation — also known as FFMI — at the Medical School recently released its 2016 Impact Report, shining a spotlight on the milestones achieved in biomedical commercialization across the…
Thank you for a wonderful Magnet site visit
Thank you to all faculty and staff for your hard work and dedication during this week's Magnet site visit! The four Magnet appraisers spent the past four days talking with hundreds…
UMHS welcomes Metro Health to U-M
Previously, the board of directors of Metro Health Corporation and…
New name, new outlook: Organization to get new handle
UMHS will be getting a new name next month that better reflects our three-part mission: patient care, education and research. The name change will also help distinguish our academic medical center…
Invent-ilator: Med student’s device promises to save lives abroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rsMm2FgZPc A $10 problem doesn’t need a $1,000 solution. Take it from Stephen John, a U-M Medical School student whose infant respirator invention has already garnered recognition and some funding, and…
Stuck on excellence: Our Magnet journey
Quality. Excellence. Innovation. Those terms define the standards of patient care that UMHS strives to achieve every day. This week, UMHS has the chance to prove it meets or exceeds these…
5-year-old with titanium rib prepares for 10th surgery
When Nicole Summers and Bob Craft welcomed their baby girl into the world five years ago, there was no sign that little Abigail — or Abbee as she grew to be…
U-M, colleges team up in biomedical science teaching and learning
They're at two different ends of the higher-education journey: some just starting out on associate's degrees, others finishing up advanced training after earning a doctorate in biomedical science. But there's a lot they can teach one another, with the help of their professors. Through a new five-year National Institutes of Health grant totaling $3.64 million, the two types of "learners" will come together for science and engineering education at two southeast Michigan…
UMHS honored as one of nation’s top teaching hospitals
Congratulations to the University of Michigan Health System, which has once again been honored for the quality of care provided to our patients. The Leapfrog Group announced today that UMHS has been named one of the Top Teaching Hospitals in the U.S., meaning our facility stands out from its peers when it comes to safety, quality and accountability. Only 29 hospitals nationwide earned the distinction. Leapfrog utilizes a number of methodologies in order to compile its list. Among them, a top hospital must: Meet vigorous standards when it comes to staffing both adult and pediatric intensive care units buy essay Meet…