Community Outreach
Programs
Consultative Services
Shiffman Ambulatory Care Program
Sinai Hospital provides consultative services
to evaluate medical admission problems for
the Jewish Federation Apartments.
The Shiffman Clinic is the site for the
ambulatory care program carried out
directly by Sinai Hospital on campus. The
purpose of the Shiffman Clinic is to provide
comprehensive, quality health programs to
the indigent and medically indigent patients
in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties,
but primarily in Sinai's service area which is
northwest Detroit and southern Oakland
County.
Jewish Home for the Aged Services
A Low Vision Clinic, a dental program and
a physical medicine program are conducted
by Sinai Hospital at the Jewish Home for
the Aged.
Vocational Training
Sinai Hospital's Shiffman Clinic regularly
evaluates the indigent clients for the Jewish
Vocational Services and Community
Workshop.
Vocational Placement
Sinai Hospital evaluates Jewish refugees
from the Soviet Union for vocational
placement. Upon evaluation, if it is
determined that medical care is needed,
assistance is provided by the Shiffman
Clinic. Clients are sent to the Hospital from
the Resettlement Service of the Jewish
Family Service.
The Shiffman Clinic provides services in
virtually all of the subspecialties of medicine,
surgery, rehabilitation, psychiatry, and
dentistry that are available at the hospital.
"Service With Love"
This is a telephone service provided through
the Sinai Guild, whereby volunteers are
responsible for calling, on a daily basis,
former patients who are either elderly,
confined to home, or chronically ill. This
service provides an ongoing contact with
these people in order that their immediate
health needs can be addressed.
Long Term Care
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Pharmaceutical Supplies
A conjoint program with the Fresh Air
Society is utilized annually in providing
pharmaceutical supplies for this agency.
Community Health Education
An active cardiovascular rehabilitation and
exercise program is sponsored by Sinai
Hospital in conjunction with and at the
Jewish Community Center. This program
represents the second and third phases of
the inpatient program for cardiac patients.
Clinic Site for PBB Testing
The Shiffman Clinic served as one of
several sites in the state last year for
evaluating the level of PBB in Michigan
residents. The testing was conducted by Mt.
Sinai Hospital in New York.
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Through its Medical Staff, Sinai Hospital
provides medical care for patients/residents
at the Jewish Home for the Aged and the
Evangelican Home.
Ambulatory Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Sinai Hospital's Department of
Anesthesiology coordinates a program in
ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation. This
program is also a shared program, in
cooperation with Henry Ford Hospital,
conducted at the West Bloomfield
ambulatory care site. It is aimed at restoring
optimal pulmonary function for patients
suffering from chronic pulmonary
disabilities.