Mission
Our essential priority is to provide exceptional quality, cost-effective care, strengthened by excellence in education and research. We work together to improve health and the quality of life in the communities of southeastern Michigan and neighboring regions.

Organization
Henry Ford Health System is a Michigan non-profit directorship corporation governed by a 45-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprised of 215 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. HFHS is managed by President and Chief Executive Officer Gail L. Warden through the System Leadership Team, which includes key leaders in medical and hospital affairs, finance, planning, insurance, human resources, information technology, academic affairs, philanthropy, governance and community partnerships.

Components
Henry Ford Health System is one of the nation's leading comprehensive health systems, providing acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services, backed by excellence in research and education. Founded in 1915 by auto pioneer Henry Ford, it is committed to improving the health and well-being of a diverse community. For more information, go to: www.henryfordhealth.org

• Henry Ford Hospital, a 903-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex in Detroit's New Center area. The hospital's innovative "Patient Focused Care" concept organizes care so routine hospital services are provided at the bedside by teams of cross-trained caregivers. The hospital is a multi-organ transplantation center and a Level I trauma center. HFH is listed in "Best Hospitals in America" (Visible Ink Press), and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report for its expert care in eight specialties.
• Henry Ford Medical Group, one of the nation's largest group practices. 900 physicians in 40 specialties staff Henry Ford Hospital and 26 Henry Ford Medical Centers. Also affiliated with 1,800 private practice physicians throughout southeastern Michigan, including more than 600 from Horizon Health System.
• Health Alliance Plan (HAP), a non-profit, mixed-model health plan, serves more than 3,000 employers and 517,200 members. HAP offers a full range of health insurance products through its subsidiaries, Preferred Health Plan and Alliance Health and Life Insurance Company. Both PHP and Alliance have a national provider network. The HAP Commercial HMO is one of only 40 in the country to achieve Excellent Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. General Motors Corp. cited  HAP's HMO  as a "Benchmark HMO" for meeting or exceeding quality and customer satisfaction standards. HAP Senior Plus, the Medicare managed care program for individuals and groups, offers a free exercise program called SilverSneakers. For more information, go to www.hapcorp.org
• Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, a 359-bed facility serving the western Wayne and Downriver communities. It offers a full range of clinical services, including general medicine, surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics and cardiac care. Wyandotte also provides physical medicine and rehab, ambulatory surgery, inpatient and outpatient behavioral services, hospice care and 24-hour emergency care.
•  Horizon Health System, one of the major osteopathic care providers in Michigan, with Bi-County Community Hospital (203 beds) in Warren and Riverside Osteopathic Hospital (162 beds) in Trenton, both of which are acute-care teaching hospitals. Horizon also includes ambulatory care centers; clinical research; and a medical liability insurance company.
•  Henry Ford Behavioral Health includes the Henry Ford Department of Psychiatry; Kingswood Hospital (100 beds) in Ferndale offering inpatient care for child, adolescent and adult patients with acute episodes of mental illness, as well as day-hospital care; and the nationally recognized Maplegrove Center offering residential (50 beds) and outpatient chemical dependency treatment in West Bloomfield. Behavioral Health also provides outpatient psychiatric and chemical dependency treatment throughout metro Detroit.
•  Community Care Services includes HealthCore, a medical supply retailer; Critical Life Systems, an autologous blood transfusion service; Fairlane Home Infusion; Henry Ford Medical Center Pharmacies with 19 sites; Greenfield Health Systems, a dialysis provider; Helpline, an emergency-alert system; Henry Ford Extended Care, a private-duty nursing service; Henry Ford Home Health Care, a Medicare-certified home health care agency; and the Department of Occupational Health, which provides workplace injury prevention, evaluation, treatment and safety.
• Services also include the innovative Center for Senior Independence, an alternative to nursing home care for the frail elderly; Henry Ford Continuing Care Corporation, with nursing homes in Harper Woods (153 beds) and Roseville (172 beds); and Henry Ford Hospice with programs based in Detroit, Plymouth, St. Clair Shores, West Bloomfield, Wyandotte, Warren and Clinton Township, which annually serves more than 2,100 patients. Hospice also includes a specialized children's program called Kaleidoscope® Kids and SandCastles, a grief support group for children and their families.
•  William Clay Ford Center for Athletic Medicine, in Detroit's New Center Area, is a state-of-the-art facility that treats many members of Detroit's professional sports teams and amateur athletes. It also includes FitnessWorks, a fitness center. Henry Ford serves as team physicians for the Detroit Red Wings, Lions, Tigers and Rockers pro sports teams.
•  Bon Secours Cottage Health Services is a joint venture with Bon Secours Health System that links Bon Secours and Cottage hospitals on the metro area's east side. The organization provides a comprehensive range of services, including primary and specialty care, home care, outpatient, mental health, rehab, hospice and residential nursing care.
•  Henry Ford Mercy Health Network, is a joint venture with Mercy Health Services that owns St. Joseph Mercy Hospital of Macomb, which includes St. Joseph's Mercy - Mt. Clemens (139 beds) and St. Joseph's Mercy - Clinton Township (331 beds). In Oakland County, Henry Ford is part of a collaborative network with St. Joseph Mercy - Oakland in Pontiac.
•  Child Health Network, is a partnership between Henry Ford and Children's Hospital of Michigan to coordinate pediatric health care services. A five-year program aimed at boosting the immunization rate of Detroit's children has been launched by this group with a $7.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control.

Clinical Expertise

•  Heart and Vascular Institute is a leader and innovator in comprehensive care, research and education, offering one of the nation's most successful heart failure treatment, transplant and rehabilitation programs.
•  Neuroscience Institute includes a National Institutes of Health stroke care and research center, a comprehensive epilepsy treatment and surgery program; a headache center; one of the largest neurosurgery spine programs in Michigan; and the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, which includes a National Cancer Institute brain tumor consortium that provides new therapies to treat brain tumors.
•  Bone and Joint Center provides the latest advances in joint replacement and treatment of bone and joint-related disorders. Its Center for Athletic Medicine is one of the nation's premier programs.
•  Multi-Organ Transplantation Center has nationally recognized programs in heart, lung, kidney, kidney-pancreas, liver and cornea and its own organ donor program called LifeShare.
•  Josephine Ford Cancer Center has physicians from more than 20 specialties who combine their expertise to manage care for patients. Four comprehensive treatment centers are located about 20 minutes from any patient's home in southeast Michigan. The program offers a full continuum of care, from prevention to bone marrow transplantation to hospice.
•  Medical Genetics and Birth Defects Center provides genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis. Its DNA Diagnostic Lab offers evaluation for cystic fibrosis, hemoglobinopathies and fragile X syndrome.  
•  Substance abuse treatment, including a nationally recognized program for adults and adolescents at Maplegrove Center in West Bloomfield.

Research and Education

•  The Henry Ford Health Sciences Center combines teaching, research and advanced patient care to make Henry Ford Health System a premier academic medical center. Through an affiliation with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, the Center provides innovative physician training programs and collaborates in leading-edge medical research. The Health Sciences Center consists of the Research Institute and the School for Health Sciences.

Research Institute

•  Research studies: More than 150 medical specialists and research scientists, including 55 full-time researchers, are involved in more than 1,500 individual research projects. Subjects include stroke, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, sleep disorders, diabetes and lung diseases.
•  Research funding: More than $45 million in annual funding from internal and outside sources, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other governmental sources, businesses and private foundations. HFHS ranks in the top 6 percent of all institutions granted funding by the NIH and the U.S. Public Health Service.

School for Health Sciences  

Physician, Nursing and Allied Health Education Programs: More than 1,000 individuals benefit from more than 70 physician, nurse, allied health and continuing medical education programs. These include:

• Graduate and undergraduate medical education programs attracting some 850 physicians-in-training in 22 specialties and 39 subspecialties. Henry Ford and Case Western are collaborating on a Robert Wod Johnson Foundation grant to train generalist physicians.
• Nursing education programs that attract traditional and nontraditional students, offering bachelor's-degree, master's-degree and a second career/second-degree programs.
• Allied health programs offering training in 23 specialties including cytotechnology, dietetics, occupational therapy, radiation therapy, social work, nurse anesthesiology, radiological technology and physical therapy.
• Continuing medical education programs are designed to provide ongoing training for physicians, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists and nurses so they can work more effectively and efficiently in the evolving health care environment.

Education affiliations: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Michigan State University School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Medical College of Ohio, Oakland University School of Nursing, and Oakland University Biomedical Physics program.

Innovations  

•  Primary Care Initiative: A re-engineering of the primary care delivery system that focuses on a team of care providers, led by the patient's personal physician, using a computerized clinical information system and a process for measuring and improving quality of care.
•  Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: In partnership with health care providers and the community, the Center is improving the health of patients through programs in clinical preventive services like smoking cessation and pediatric and adult immunization, and activities in community health such as a school-based health initiative, violence prevention programs and worksite health promotions.
•  Center for Health Services Research: The Center focuses on peer-reviewed research on health outcomes, cost-effectiveness studies and quality of care measurement. Current subject areas include cancer care, spine surgery, anticoagulation therapy, diabetes care and care of seniors with multiple chronic conditions.
•  Medical Information Management System: This computerized medical record enables patients to move with ease through the health care system by allowing health care staff to instantly access information important in treating the patient, from medical history to test results.

Philanthropy  

Fund for the Future: A $150-million fund-raising initiative designed to create a cornerstone for the System's continuing advancement in patient care, research and medical education. The effort has three major purposes:

• Endowed chairmanships and professorships that will provide long-term funding for academic endeavors.
• Benson Ford Fund to provide seed money for research, new technology, community outreach and new operating systems.
• Capital and program funding to upgrade facilities and launch initiatives important to the health of our patients and the community.

Fund for Henry Ford Hospital: Supports teaching, research and innovative projects with income from this fund, valued at $395 million.

Community/National Involvement

•  Community Health and Social Services Clinic: HFHS physicians staff the Detroit-based clinic, where nearly 3,500 medically under-served Detroit residents are treated each month.
• School-Based Health Initiative: Henry Ford received a $4-million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to develop school-based health centers that provide children and teens access to care and information about healthy lifestyles. The Kresge Foundation, Comerica, Inc., U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and City of Detroit Empowerment Zone also support the initiative.
•  Virginia Park/Henry Ford Hospital Non-Profit Housing Corporation: Begun in 1975, this joint venture of Henry Ford, Virginia Park Citizens District Council and the City of Detroit helps provide housing for people with low and moderate incomes.

Statistics

• 15,000 full-time equivalent employees, including 3,000 nurses and  4,000 allied health professionals.
• More than 2.5 million patient visits with physicians and performs more than 30,000 ambulatory surgery procedures annually.
• 65,000 patients admitted annually.
• Revenue: $1.9 billion. Uncompensated care: $62 million. (1998 data)
• 800,000 southeast Michigan residents receive health services from Henry Ford.
• 19% of HFHS patient visits are by persons age 65 and over.
• 19% of the ambulatory care and 11% of the acute care market in southeast Michigan is provided by Henry Ford.
• Payor distribution: 37% Health Alliance Plan; 37% Medicare; 8% Medicaid; 11% Blue Cross; 7% other, including Alliance Health and Life Insurance, Aetna Health Plans, Ethix, and Preferred Health Plan's Health Choice.