Henry Ford Hospital
Henry Ford Hospital is a 903-bed tertiary care hospital located in the city of Detroit in southeast Michigan. Listed as one of the "Best Hospitals in America" (Visible Ink Press) it has been ranked for its expert care in 10 specialties by U.S. News & World Report. Founded in 1915, it has been fulfilling a mission of improving human life through excellence in the science and art of health care and healing.
The emergency department is one of the busiest in the state. More than 90,000 patients seek emergency care from Henry Ford Hospital annually. The ED supplies 40% of the hospital admissions, and the top five diagnostic reasons for visits include respiratory ailments, abdominal or gastrointestinal problems, trauma, cardiac and neurologic conditions.
More than 40,000 patients receive inpatient care annually, for a full range of services. HFH is geared towards tertiary and critical care, being the busiest transplant hospital in the state and having the largest number of ICU beds in a single location in the country. Over the course of a day, 12,000 people traverse the Henry Ford campus. Each day, clinic staff and physicians provide outpatient services for 2,000 patients, and 1,800 people come to the hospital to visit inpatient family members and friends.
Henry Ford's medical education programs employ innovative methods to develop future physicians, nurses and other health professionals. Henry Ford has academic affiliations with Wayne State University School of Medicine, Michigan State University School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Medical College of Ohio and Oakland University's Biomedical Physics Program. More than 1,000 students benefit from 70 physician, nurse, allied health and continuing medical education programs. Some 850 physicians-in-training in 22 specialties and 39 subspecialties are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs.
Supported by internal and external funding exceeding $50 million, 150 medical specialists and research scientists, including 55 full-time researchers, are involved in more than 1,500 studies annually. Henry Ford ranks in the top 6 percent of all institutions in funding granted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Public Health Service. Subjects include stroke, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, sleep disorders diabetes and lung diseases.
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