Harper-Hutzel Hospital

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

Nov 10, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$670,474,943

Major Activities

Activity 2

Internal medicine (general)- the internal medicine service provided care for 17,081 patients in 2010. Internal medicine provides comprehensive inter-disciplinary service that focuses on coordination of testing (inpatient vs. Outpatient) and rapid discharge to minimize length of stay. Mri and colonoscopy screening processes have been implemented to support these efforts. Additionally, internal medicine is responsible for achieving high quality standards. The pneumonia initiative screens patients for immunization, and the ventilator associated pneumonia (vap) quality initiative focuses efforts in the icu to ensure patients are taken off the ventilator as soon as possible. In 2010, the hospital also continued the process to obtain stroke certification. 2010 awards award designations for harper in 2010 include: u.s. News & world report best hospital in america listing for neurology, neurosurgery, cardiology, gynecology, geriatrics and pulmonary. In existence for 22-years, the u.s. News & world report best hospital ranking's purpose is to help guide patients who need an unusually high level of hospital expertise to the top medical institutions in the country. Other designations for harper in 2010 were: leapfrog which is the gold standard in the country for comparing hospital's performance on the national standards of safety, quality and efficiency that are most relevant to consumers and purchaser of care. Hospitals that participate in the leapfrog hospital survey achieve hospital-wide improvements that translate into millions of lives and dollars saved. Harper has achieved leapfrog status each year since 2005. 2010 most wired hospital - for the fifth consecutive year, harper university hospital has been named to the nation's most wired list, according to the results of the 2010 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 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. In 2010, harper beat out johns hopkins as national leader in emr innovations. Healthcare informatics named harper as their top 2010 innovator award recipient. Harper beat out johns hopkins for the most important electronic healthcare innovation in america. Harper was chosen for its "neonatal barcode scanning" project. This national breakthrough will eventually prevent medication errors such as those that almost took the lives of actor dennis quaid's infant twins. Being selected as an "hci innovator awards top 10 finalist" means an organization has gone beyond traditional problem solving approaches, focusing instead on creative solutions that maximize limited time, staffing and money to bring about meaningful changes in patient care and overall efficiency.

Activity 3

Ob/gyn - the destination for women's care - hutzel women's hospital is the first and only sole women's hospital in the state of michigan. Hutzel has a long history of providing specialized care to women with high risk pregnancies. Hutzel is also the home to the nation's only national institute of health (nih) perinatology research branch. This branch conducts clinical and laboratory research on conditions responsible for perinatal morbidity and mortality. The branch focuses on the study of premature labor, intrauterine growth retardation, congenital anomalies and pre eclampsia. Because of the excellent care and outcomes, the nicu is a destination for referring physicians who know their patients will have pre-term babies. The twin-to-twin transfer intra-utero technique is a unique service that attracts referrals nationwide. Additionally, many gyn surgeries are performed as charity care.

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EIN

38-2391907