Courtesy of the American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate
The American Heart Association is marking the 30th Anniversary of its You’re the Cure advocacy network with a recruitment call out to southwestern Michigan residents. You’re the Cure members advocate on behalf of the American Heart/American Stroke Association for sound public policy aimed at reducing heart disease and stroke. Continue reading
Metro Health Hospital has been recognized as one of the 101 Best and Brightest Sustainable Companies™ in Michigan, which is in its inaugural year. Continue reading
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993.
To see the complete list visit www.100tophospitals.com.
The top hospitals in the West Michigan area are:
Munson Medical Center – Traverse City, MI
Holland Hospital – Holland, MI
Spectrum Health United Memorial – Greenville, MI
Mercy Hospital Cadillac – Cadillac, MI
Borgess Visiting Nurse & Hospice (BVNH) announces new leadership heading its administration and operations.
Tricia Carson is the new administrator for BVNH, stepping into the role after serving as Director of Rehabilitation Services. As administrator, Tricia is responsible for overall planning, organizing, directing and management of all operational activities. She also represents BVNH in the Borgess Health Continuum of Care, and she also oversees the therapy, marketing and counseling services for the organization.
Tricia has served BVNH for nearly 10 years as a supervisor and as Director of Rehabilitation Services. She has worked in home care since 1981 and is experienced in pediatric care, geriatric care, acute care, rehabilitation, long-term care, home care, psychiatric care, and crisis intervention. Prior to joining BVNH, Tricia was employed at Mary Free Bed Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. as staff occupational therapist. She also worked at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.
Tricia is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Mich. with a degree in psychology. She also received a degree in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California.
Deb Schlieter is Chief Nursing Officer and Hospice Administrator. In her role, she oversees the nursing, home health aide service lines as well as the daily operations for the hospice program. Deb most recently held the position of Nursing Services/Hospice Clinical Supervisor at BVNH. She has held supervisory, care managerial and nursing positions at BVNH for more than 22 years.
Deb is a graduate of the Bronson School of Nursing at Western Michigan University (WMU) where she received a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She also attended Emory University in Atlanta, earning a certificate in wound, ostomy and continence nursing. Deb currently is pursuing a master’s degree in nursing education from WMU and will graduate in December 2013.
HealthGrades, a leading independent healthcare ratings organization, recently announced that Bronson Methodist Hospital is one of just 263 hospitals in the nation ranked in the nation’s top five percent for emergency medical care. This is the third year in a row Bronson has received the HealthGrades Emergency Medicine Excellence Award™. The hospital is the only recipient in southwest Michigan.
Bronson Methodist Hospital is a regional medical center serving patients from ten counties in southwest Michigan. As an accredited chest pain emergency center, certified stroke center, Level I trauma center and southwest Michigan’s only children’s hospital, the hospital is a major destination for emergencies affecting patients of all ages. At present, its emergency department is the largest in the region providing care to more than 95,000 patients annually.
Findings of HealthGrades 2012 Emergency Medicine in American Hospitals study are based on an analysis of more than seven million Medicare records of patients admitted through the emergency rooms of nearly 5,000 hospitals from 2008 to 2010. The study illustrates that there are clear differences in outcomes between the best‐performing hospitals and all other hospitals with regard to emergency admissions. These differences include:
41.52% lower risk‐adjusted mortality than all other hospitals across the 12 diagnoses studied.
2008 through 2010, an additional 170,856 people could have potentially survived their
emergency hospitalization. A full copy of the study can be found at www.healthgrades.com.
an article originally written by Saodat Asanova-Taylor Capital News Service
Failure to fully immunize Michigan adults has a staggering impact on job makers and the state economy, according to a new report by the Michigan Primary Care Consortium.
The report, “The Business Case for Full Adult Immunizationin Michigan,” closely researched the impact of diseases such as pneumonia and influenza. The results show about $495 million in annual economic costs, including emergency room visits, specialty medical care, lost productivity and absenteeism.
According to the consortium, for every dollar spent on adult immunization, $18.40 is saved in the workplace and on hospital stays, physician visits and more expensive and lengthy treatments for diseases that would have been easily prevented with vaccination. Continue reading
I found this article by NEIL OSTERWEIL, Skin & Allergy News Digital Network to be interesting as I have spent many years in a metropolitan area surrounded by many Amish communities.
It pays to grow up around grass; the number of farm-dwelling Amish children who suffer from asthma or allergies is quite low.
Amish farms appear to be havens of peace and contentment, free from the insults of modern life – including, it appears, inhalant allergies and asthma, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Continue reading
courtesy of Borgess Health
He teaches and is on the board of the Episcopal University of Haiti, a four-year baccalaureate School of Nursing, and repeatedly visits Haiti to serve the poor and vulnerable. He has been a champion of nurses at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital for the past four decades. He started the Cass County Free Health Clinic to help the area’s 6,000 uninsured residents. After “retiring” in 2011, he now serves as hospitalist, as well as Chief of Staff and Chief of Medicine at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital.
James L. Wierman, DO, FACP, will be recognized with the 2012 Borgess Lamplighter Award at the Sixth-Annual Friends of Borgess Nursing Endowment Fund Awards Dinner, May 9 at Western Michigan University’s Fetzer Center. Continue reading
courtesy of the University of Michigan Health System
Metro Health Hospital announced today that Dr. Julie M. Bourbonnais has joined its growing pulmonology department on its main campus.
Dr. Julie M. Bourbonnais - Metro Health - Grand Rapids, MI
