2009/2010 System Annual Report - Henry Ford Health System

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Collaboration: Health Alliance Plan initiatives work in concert with System’s goalsHAP’s HealthTrack 2010 Physician Grant Pilot Programhas awarded $4,000 grants to three Henry Ford medicalcenters that have committed to increasing the numberof HAP memberswith diabeteswho receive adilated retinaleye exam as part of their comprehensive diabetes care.This collaboration is helping hundreds of patients at theSystem’s Dearborn, Novi and Detroit medical centers.This past year, HAP also collaborated with Henry FordMedical Center - Troy to increase the number of HAPmembers referred to HAP’s HealthTrack and improve healthoutcomes for members with chronic conditions.HAP also collaborated with Henry Ford Medical Center- East Jefferson and various downriver sites to raiseawareness about HAP’s HealthTrack Home Care programand increase the number of referrals for senior patientswith heart failure. A pilot program at Henry Ford MedicalCenter - East Jefferson resulted in a dozen referrals inthe first month and provided valuable feedback forprogram improvement.HAP also is developing a menu of its home care programsto assist home care nurses in identifying the mostappropriate program for their patients.In other efforts, HAP orchestrated various diabetesmanagement efforts to promote self-management ofdiabetes and increase awareness of System services.Featured programs this past year included support for adiabetes wellness event at Dearborn’s Henry FordMedical Center - Fairlane; participation in the System’sOptimEyes Diabetic Eye Exam screening event, and datasharingand member outreach to improve HEDIS rates forretinal eye exams.Other initiatives improving care included:• Behavioral Health Services: HAP collaborated withthe System to implement the Mental Health Parity andAddiction Equity Act; assist in fee-for-service transfersto System hospitals and facilities; provide consistentand complementary use of depression treatmentguidelines; and augment employee behavioralhealth benefits.• Health Disparities: HAP helped the System createinterventions to increase preventive service utilizationamong insured African American men, and, also is anactive participant in the Healthcare Equity steeringcommittee, design and implementation teams.• Medication Therapy Management: A joint program byHAP and the System targeted seniors (age 65 and older)with complex pharmaceutical issues to reduce the riskof adverse drug effects and improve patient healthoutcomes. The initiative modified patients’ medicationdosages to maximize therapeutic benefit, while at thesame time eliminating excess drugs, when feasible.In addition, HAP partners with the System on a varietyof quality initiatives, including: a smoking interventionprogram; a program known as the Premier PersonnelProgram (3P), which provides incentives to improve cervical,colorectal and breast cancer screening rates; HEDISmeasures for cancer screening, chronic care and pediatriccare; postpartum care; well-child and well-care visits;childhood and adolescent immunizations; andweight management. ■7HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM• 2009 / 2010 Report
Experts at Henry Ford Health System’s medical genetics laboratory (l-r), Jessica Sanchez, senior laboratory specialist,Barry Wolf, M.D., Ph.D., Kristin Monaghan, Ph.D., and Adewale Adeyinka, Ph.D., are among the innovators sharing space ina community collaboration between Henry Ford and Wayne State University’s TechTown in Detroit’s New Center area.Collaboration: Advancing the System’s mission of health care and healingOne of the more recently enhanced collaborations is oneled by Henry Lim, M.D., the System’s senior vice presidentfor Academic Affairs and Chair of Dermatology.Dr. Lim and his colleagues in Academic Affairs areenhancing the current medical affiliation between HenryFord Health System and Detroit’s Wayne State UniversitySchool of Medicine.“Nearly 100 Wayne State University medical students willbe spending their third year on the Henry Ford campus,with the goal of 150 students (about half the class) joiningus in the future. It is a significant commitment on the partof Wayne State and a very important clinical option fortheir students. We will be one of three primary clinicalcampuses for them.”At the same time, Dr. Lim says the System is collaboratingin numerous other ways with the city’s largest university.“Our research department is more closely collaboratingwith Wayne State University’s technology transfer office,combining our science with their expertise. Essentially,when our laboratory scientists discover a certain process orfinding with clinical applications and commercial value, thetechnology transfer office can help transfer it from basicscience to practical application.”Right now, he says, the System has space in a NewCenter One urban collaborative effort known as Tech Town,a collaboration with Wayne State University that includesboth the System’s genetics department and a researchlaboratory.He says future plans may include working with WayneState University on a research building as part of campusdevelopment plans along West Grand Boulevard. Already,he notes, Henry Ford’s basic scientists are beginning tocollaborate more closely with those at Wayne State,whether it is sharing laboratory space, sharing equipment,or working more closely on grant opportunities.In addition, Dr. Lim says, “More and more of our clinicalstaff are having faculty appointments at Wayne State, sowe will be collaborating academically, clinically and at thebasic science level.”Notably, the System also is a significant participant in theDetroit transit strategy to enhance the city’s future and alsois heavily involved in Detroit economic development issues.“We realize the importance of collaboration in suchventures as TechTown,” says Jim Connelly, the System’schief financial officer and treasurer of the TechTown board.“It not only aligns with the System’s research strengths butit connects to Detroit’s economic redevelopment, whichcreates a healthier population.” ■HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM • 2009 / 2010 Report 8
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