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HealthLeaders Media: Beaumont Health Clears Key Hurdles in Latest Merger Try

In this examination of Beaumont Health System, Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare’s announcement that they will combine their operations,  CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips talks extensively with HealthLeaders Media on the likelihood this deal is closed, what led to the collapse of the Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont merger, and how the new organization

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CHRT Report: Sharp rise in hospitalization for sepsis in Michigan and U.S.

The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation at the University of Michigan today releases a new report that shows a dramatic increase in hospitalizations for septicemia from 2007 to 2011. The hospitalization rate for orthopedic procedures that improve mobility and alleviate chronic pain also increased. The issue brief, The Cost Burden of Disease: United States and Michigan, is an analysis of …

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Obesity in Michigan: What Can We Do?

Editor’s Note: This column appeared in Bridge Magazine. In 1990, 14.1 percent of Michigan’s population was considered obese. Twenty years later, that rate was at 30.3 percent and has stayed fairly constant for the last few years. Michigan is one of the 10 “fattest” states in the country – one of the few northern states in the top 10. This …

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