To improve outcomes for patients and control costs, we must reposition the patient at the center of the decision-making process — as the medical system I remember at the beginning of my medical career did.
Everyday people come through Medical Center Hospital's doors. Some end up coming back for more treatment while others thankfully don't end up needing to come back. But it's not every day that someone comes back to the hospital that saved their life to become the man in charge. Russell Tippin was once a patient at MCH. Today he's better known as a leader.
Sharon Hospital and Nuvance Health executives made a case for closing the facility's maternity ward during a Tuesday hearing in which community advocates and some doctors argued the closure would threaten the wellbeing of local mothers and babies.
Kathy Donovan, CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan and COO of the Detroit Medical Center, is leaving this month "for personal reasons," according to a statement released Monday by the Detroit-based medical group. The statement didn't provide details about Donovan's resignation. Her last day is Dec. 23, the statement said. Donovan became chief executive officer of the Children's Hospital in June 2020, according to press reports at the time.
Cadillac Hospital President and CEO Peter Marinoff has been named president of Munson Healthcare's South Region, filling a position formerly held by James Baker who retired earlier this year. Marinoff has held the role on an interim basis since August. The health system's South Region includes Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital, Manistee Hospital, and Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital.
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell is predicting more expensive and less safe medical care will result from a planned merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora after Attorney General Josh Stein approved the deal.