Children's Hospital of Michigan

History

Children's Hospital of Michigan was founded in 1886 with a financial gift from whisky entrepreneur Hiram Walker. It was further endowed in the 1930s with a one million dollar gift from U.S. Senator James Couzens.

Clinical specialties

The hospital offers a wide variety of clinical specialties, including: Autism, Burn Care, Cardiac Services, Cleft Palate/ Craniofacial Surgery, Communication Disorders, Critical Care, Dentistry/Oral Surgery, Dermatology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Emergency Care, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetic Disorders, Hematology and Oncology, Imaging Services, Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Infectious Disease, Intensive Care, Myelomeningocele Care, Neonatal/ Perinatal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pediatric Surgery, Pharmacology/ Toxicology, Physical Medicine/ Rehabilitation, Reconstructive Surgery, Poison Control Center, Psychiatry/Psychology and Pulmonary Medicine.

Children's is one of 10 centers nationally testing new drugs to treat spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative problem that affects the spinal cord and nerves, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness. It houses the first pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory of its kind in North America. Doctors at Children's Hospital performed the first successful advanced computer-assisted robot-enhanced surgical procedure at a children's hospital in the U.S. CHM cardiovascular surgeons performed the first pediatric heart transplant in Southeast Michigan. CHM is the only pediatric institution in the world with its own Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center. Positron Emission Tomography is a type of nuclear medicine procedure that measures metabolic activity of the cells of body tissues. Children's Hospital performed the first successful pediatric bone marrow transplant in Michigan.

Controversy

In late 2019, the physician group, University Pediatrics announced that they were separating from the Wayne State University School of Medicine and instead joining the Central Michigan University. In retaliation, Wayne State announced that they were creating their own physician group, Wayne Pediatrics and gave doctors who taught medicine at the university 30 days to switch over their affiliation to Wayne Pediatrics or lose their teaching privileges. The group University Pediatrics has had an exclusive contract with the Detroit Medical Center and DMC's owner, Tenet Healthcare decided that doctors from Wayne Pediatrics would lose their affiliation with the hospital and doctors with Wayne Pediatrics would not be able to treat or admit patients at the hospital. In April, 2020 Wayne State officials announced that they were taking up legal action against Tenet Healthcare. The judge later sided with Tenet' ability to control what physicians practice at their hospitals, and subsequent appeals by Wayne State failed. In November 2020, DMC C.E.O. sent out letters to Wayne State pediatricians informing them that they no longer had admitting privileges at the Children's Hospital of Michigan, but these pediatricians would be allowed to practice at DMC's adult hospitals.

Awards

Children's Hospital of Michigan in, 2008 received, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) MAGNET Recognition designated for nursing excellence. Children's Hospital is the only children's hospital in Michigan with this award.

Children's is in the Leapfrog Group's 2008 Top Hospital list for patient quality and safety. The Leapfrog Group rankings are based on a survey conducted at 1,220 hospitals across the U.S.

As of the 2020-21 rankings, Children's Hospital of Michigan has placed nationally in 6 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News & World Report. The hospital was also ranked as #3 children's hospital in Michigan behind C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.

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