We must save lives by stopping this silent killer
Co-authors Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Theodore J. Iwashyna, M.D., Ph.D., Research Scientist, Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health System; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Today in the United States, more than half of all hospital deaths are from something that most people have never heard of: …
Read more >Detroit Free Press: We must save lives by stopping this silent killer (guest column)
In this guest column, CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips and Dr. Theodore Iwashyna, a 2013 CHRT Policy Fellow, call on Michigan to become a leader in preventing severe sepsis, an overwhelming infection that causes more deaths than prostate cancer and breast cancer combined.
Read more >Modern Healthcare: Consolidation could be next for academic medical centers
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses the future of academic health centers with Governing amid the flurry of health care consolidation.
Read more >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
Read more >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 …
Read more >The Detroit News: Sign-ups for health care coverage due
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses the status of ACA enrollment numbers as the March 31 deadline approaches.
Read more >WDIV: Beaumont, Botsford, Oakwood health systems intend to merge
Rod Meloni, WDIV reporter, speaks with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips on how a newly announced alliance among Beaumont, Botsford and Oakwood health systems will affect patients.
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Those who don’t get health insurance face penalties
As open enrollment on the insurance marketplace winds down, the Detroit Free Press discusses penalties facing some of those who remain uninsured, citing CHRT figures on penalty costs.
Read more >Interlochen Public Radio: The Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act takes effect tomorrow, what can we expect?
Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s Stateside, speaks with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips about the Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Act.
Read more >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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