DMC Achievements
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.
U.S.News & World Report
"America’s Best Hospitals" 
U.S.News & World Report
publishes an annual list of
"America’s Best Hospitals" in key areas of
care. DMC hospitals are consistently ranked among the best for multiple
specialties. In 2007, our recognition included:
Best in Neurology and Neurosurgery
Harper University Hospital
Sinai-Grace
Hospital
DMC has two hospitals ranked in the
top one percent in heart failure outcomes in the
U.S.
DMC Harper University Hospital and
DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital ranked above the national average
in a survey compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Federal
Department of Health and Human Services. The list included data from
4,807 hospitals across the United
States. Of those hospitals, only 38 were
ranked above the national average. The results are meant to assist the public in
assessing how well their area hospitals care for patients with specific types of
medical conditions including heart failure and heart attacks. DMC is the only
health system in the state with two hospitals ranked at this
level.
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.
Detroit Medical Center named 2007
Most Wired Hospital 
Detroit Medical Center has been named to the nation’s MOST
WIRED 2007 list, according to the results of the 2007 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 nation’s 100 Most Wired
hospitals show better outcomes in four key areas: mortality rates, patient
safety measures from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), core
measures from Hospital Compare and average length of stay. Based on analysis of the ninth annual
Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study results, hospitals are embracing
technology as a key tool for healthcare quality improvements.
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.org Wins Platinum Award for
Emery King Health Video
Library
The Emery King Library at DMC.org has been recognized at the highest
level with a Platinum eHealthcare
Leadership Award
from Strategic Healthcare
Communications. The award recognizes the DMC’s commitment to providing the most
effective web-based rich media experience in the nation.
Two
Detroit Medical Center Hospitals Designated “Top Hospitals” for Safety and
Quality Practices
Harper/Hutzel
Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Michigan among “Top Hospitals” for safety
and quality practices in the 2007 Leapfrog Top Hospitals rankings. The Leapfrog
rankings are based on a survey conducted at 1,285 hospitals across the country
and is considered the most complete and current assessment of hospital quality
and safety available. The Leapfrog Group, a coalition created to recognize and
reward big leaps in healthcare safety, quality and customer service listed the
top 41 hospitals which included 33 adult care facilities and 8 children’s
hospitals.
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 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.
Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital 2008 Healthgrades Awards:
- “Distinguished Hospital for Clinical
Excellence” award for 2008 based on performance on a broad base of clinical
services. HVSH scored in the “top
five percent of hospitals” nationally.
- “Five Star Ratings” for cardiac
related diagnoses including heart failure, arterial fibrillation and acute
Michigan.
- In the Top Ten Hospitals in
Michigan for GI procedures including
procedures for bowel obstruction and pancreatitis
- Scored
very high for community acquired pneumonia.
Five DMC Hospitals Receive
2006 Governor’s Award and two DMC Hospitals Receive 2006 Governor's
Recognition of Excellence Award
Detroit Receiving, Harper University, Hutzel
Women's, Huron Valley-Sinai and Sinai-Grace Hospitals were among 79 
hospitals who
received a MPRO's 2006 Governor's Award for Improving Patient
Safety and Quality of Care in the Hospital
Setting in at least one of five different categories. Detroit Receiving and Huron Valley-Sinai
were also among 18 hospitals who received a Governor's Recognition of
Excellence for the electronic medical records initiatives.
MPRO, Michigan's MPRO, Medicare
Quality Improvement Organization, and the Governor’s office, partner to
formally honor extraordinary hospitals.
The award is bestowed upon Michigan Hospitals that are embracing
evidence-based medicine and
quality improvement initiatives to advance
healthcare.
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 DMC hospitals undergo regular JCAHO surveys, and all
are accredited. 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.
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.
Six Hospitals are named in 2006 HOUR
Detroit Magazine’s
Top Hospital list
- Children’s
Hospital of Michigan (Pediatrics)
- Detroit Receiving Hospital (Accident/Trauma and Severe Burns)
- Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital (Childbirth)
- Hutzel Women’s Hospital (Childbirth and
Infertility)
- Kresge Eye Institute (Cataract Surgery)
- Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (Physical Rehabilitation)
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.
