The
Innovation
Institute at
Henry Ford
Hospital
Need Minimally Invasive Surgery?
Discover St. Joe's Oakland
By Jack Weiner,
President and CEO
St. Joseph Mercy
Oakland
At St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
(SJMO), we focus on patient safety and
preserving life. With that mandate, our
highly skilled physicians and surgeons
look for the safest, most respectful way
to restore our patients' quality of life.
One of these ways is through
minimally invasive surgery. Our experienced surgeons will employ a minimally
invasive surgical procedure rather than traditional or open surgery, depending
on the patient's condition. There are many benefits to the patient:
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Little or no trauma to the body
Smaller incisions, usually 1/4- to 1/2-inch long
Less pain and scarring
Reduced risk of infection
Shorter hospital stay
Faster recovery time
Our innovative, technologically advanced, state-of-the-art Surgical Pavilion
allows our surgeons to offer a higher definition of surgical precision, optimal
patient care and enhanced safety. A major feature of the Surgical Pavilion is
the da Vinci® Surgical System.
The da Vinci robotic assisted surgical system provides an extension of
the surgeon's eyes and hands in the surgical field. It offers more than twice
the viewing resolution and 20 percent more viewing area, which means
improved clarity and detail of tissue planes and anatomy. By way of a console,
where the surgeon views the surgical field, the system seamlessly translates
the surgeon's hand, wrist and finger movements into precise, real-time
movements of surgical instruments inside the patient. Surgeons who employ
the da Vinci find that standard laparoscopic techniques may be performed
more quickly and easily using this system. The da Vinci enhances the
surgeon's capabilities when performing delicate procedures and improves
clinical outcomes.
Davidson gift
to Ford Hospital
helps cultivate
innovations.
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Davidson Digital Health
Education Program for
middle and high school
students. The inaugural
group of 31 students
from Detroit's Mumford
High School met in
September to take part
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in a curriculum that
Dulchaysky
focused on creativity,
critical thinking, STEM
competencies and innovator traits needed
to become 21st-century thinkers.
"I'm certain Bill Davidson would be smil-
ing watching our future leaders learn about
the entrepreneurial spirit he so well embod-
ied:' Dulchaysky says.
More such student workshops will be
held throughout 2015 with additional edu-
cational programs set through the following
year.
This month, HFII announced the win-
ning projects resulting from an in-house
challenge to come up with innovative ways
to adapt existing technology to unmet
health care needs.
Some 30 teams of Henry Ford employees
submitted proposals, and the three top
ideas were awarded prize money.
They included a digital system to allow
nurses to monitor the activity of acute care
patients and easily identify those who need
to move around more, a key to recovery; a
program using wearable sensors and smart-
phone technology to limit risky move-
ments by hip-replacement patients and
avoid painful and costly dislocations; and a
monitor with an alarm to awaken diabetics
whose blood-sugar drops dangerously dur-
ing sleep and allow them to correct it.
Visit wwwhenryfordinnovation.com for
details.
ew ideas must be bred and fed if
they are to produce innovation in
any field, and a grant in memory
of the late Bill Davidson has done just that
for health care less than a year after it was
awarded.
Before his death in 2009, Davidson was
widely known and highly regarded not only
for his work as CEO of glass manufacturing
giant Guardian Industries and owner of the
Detroit Pistons, but also for philanthropy.
Early this year, thanks to the charitable
William Davidson Foundation, the Henry
Ford Innovation Institute (HFII) — flagship
of Henry Ford Health System's commitment
to creating technology for unmet health
care needs — received a three-year, $3 mil-
lion grant to do just that.
Now, less than a year later, HFII's William
Davidson Center for Entrepreneurs in
Digital Health has already seen that seed
money sprout into fellowships for entrepre-
neurs, middle and high school programs
to create the next generation of creative
thinkers, and an in-house contest at Henry
Ford that awarded $10,000 in prize money
to the top three ideas for adapting existing
technology to improve patient care.
The fellowship program began mid-year
when the HFII accepted its first applicants,
who began training in September. Each
Fellow committed up to 12 hours a month
during the one-year program designed to
explore innovative solutions and entrepre-
neurial approaches to critical
healthcare challenges.
"The demand for innovation
in healthcare is greater than in
any other industry in the country
right now:' says Institute CEO Dr.
Scott Dulchaysky. "The Davidson
Fellowship not only offers a
unique opportunity for personal
development among the partici-
pants, but also serves as an eco-
nomic catalyst for the region:'
Soon after the fellowships
got underway, the HFII — in
Karen Davidson presents a $3,000 check to sec-
partnership with the Henry
ond-place winner Dr. Nicholas Frisch of miROM
Ford Museum — launched the
(not pictured is teammate Dr. Robert Keller).
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Minimally invasive procedures performed at SJMO include the following:
General Surgery, Urology, Gynecology, Cardiovascular, Thoracic, Bariatrics and
Neurosurgery.
At SJMO, we employ cutting-edge technology and procedures. We have
perfected the art of minimally invasive surgery, including robotic surgery, and
our hospital is consistently recognized for performance excellence, quality and
patient safety. When you need surgery, ask your provider about a minimally
invasive procedure and have him or her refer you to a St. Joe's surgeon at
1-800-372-6094.
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