Henry Ford Health System news and information

SEATTLE—Anthony “Tony” Armada is leaving Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago to become CEO on Nov. 1 of Swedish Health Services, the largest health system in Seattle. Armada, 53, has been president of Advocate Health's Park Ridge, Ill., teaching hospital...
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Dr. Steven Kalkanis, director of the Center for Cancer Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, wanted to make life easier on people who are searching for answers after being diagnosed with cancer. A new app can help users learn about treatment options, map appointment locations by GPS, schedule...
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Healthcare insurers and hospitals under contracts or that provide services to city of Detroit employees and retirees could be on the hook for unpaid bills depending on how the city's bankruptcy proceedings go.
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X-rays possibly containing personal information about 15,417 Henry Ford Health System patients were stolen from a Detroit warehouse in May, according to a letter the hospital system sent to patients earlier this month.
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A bold plan to merge two large Michigan health systems collapsed last week. It was just the latest one to fizzle among big hospital operators looking to get bigger in transactions that might have been far-fetched just a few years ago.
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Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System.
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Five clinical service chiefs at Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health System delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's Detroit Business.
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Beaumont Health System Executive VP and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ananias Diokno has announced his retirement.
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Five clinical service chiefs at Beaumont Health System Tuesday delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with the Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's.
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The nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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