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HOSPITAL
Medical School,
health system
to increase
collaboration
By KATIE PENROD
Daily Staff Reporter
A few days after the University’s
Board of Regents approved a
reorganization of the University
of Michigan Health System and
the University’s Medical School’s
top leadership structure, the
President’s Advisory Panel on the
Biosciences released a final report
detailing recommendations for
change.
Though
the
developments
mark a new push to evaluate
the
University’s
approach
to medicine, health and the
biosciences
—
which
cover
scientific disciplines that focus
on the study of life and living
organisms
—
several
faculty
members interviewed by The
Michigan
Daily
are
unsure
exactly what these changes will
mean in the near future.
The
first
major
change
occurred
last
month,
when
University
President
Mark
Schlissel
recommended
that
Marschall Runge, the University’s
executive
vice
president
for
medical affairs and the chief
executive officer of UMHS, also
serve as dean of the University’s
Medical
School.
Runge
will
assume the deanship in January,
in addition to his current roles.
University
President
Mark Schlissel convened the
President’s Advisory Panel on the
Biosciences last fall to determine
how best to capitalize on the
University’s existing resources
in the sciences. Chaired by
University
Provost
Martha
Pollack,
the
panel
consisted
of 17 faculty members from a
variety of departments, including
chemistry, biology, psychology,
biomedical
engineering
and
mathematics.
The
panel
made
four
recommendations:
foster
leadership and hire deans and
department chairs who lead by
example, use measures of success
that support innovative ideas,
foster
further
collaboration
between faculty members and
SINDUJA KILARU/Daily
Rackham student Emily Solomon sings with the Early Music Choir directed by Joseph Gascho at the Francis Thomas Jr. School of Public Health on
Wednesday.
SING A SONG
HEALTH
Vaccinations now
required for all
health system
volunteers, staff
By TOM MCBRIEN
Daily Staff Reporter
As part of ongoing efforts
to prevent the spread of the
seasonal
influenza
virus,
the
University
of
Michigan
Health System has instituted
a new policy mandating that
all employees must get a flu
vaccination.
The policy, which replaces
the five-year-old policy that only
required employees working in
clinical settings to get a vaccine,
stipulates that all employees
must get their vaccination before
Dec. 1 unless they are exempted
for medical or religious purposes.
Employees who do not comply
will face disciplinary action.
“Progressive corrective action
could include a verbal warning
through
termination,”
said
UMHS
spokeswoman
Mary
Masson.
An e-mail sent to all UMHS
employees said the health system
is not the first to implement this
practice.
“Health systems across the
country have already adopted
this best practice, which is
proven to reduce the spread of
flu,” the e-mail read.
The
new
system
will
considerably expand the number
of employees required to get
vaccinated.
Though
the
old
policy
covered employees who had
direct contact with patients,
the new policy aims to ensure
that the entire health system
environment is free from the
virus; even employees without
patient contact, like volunteers,
COURTS
Former player accused
of taking nude photos
of a woman without
permission
By EMMA KERR
Daily Staff Reporter
Former Michigan offensive
lineman Logan Tuley-Tillman
was charged with three felony
counts on Wednesday, according
to Washtenaw County court
records.
Tuley-Tillman
is
facing
two counts of capturing and
distributing an image of an
unclothed person and one count
of using a computer to commit a
crime. He was dismissed from
the team Sept. 10, but Michigan
football coach Jim Harbaugh
did not specify a reason at the
time, simply citing “conduct
unacceptable for a Michigan
student athlete.”
Tuley-Tillman’s arraignment
date was Wednesday, Oct. 7,
during which he neither plead
guilty or innocent but instead
stood mute for all three charges.
The personal bond was set at
$5,000. The third count related
to using a computer to commit a
crime carries four to 10 years in
prison.
The
prosecutor
for
the
case is Brian L. Mackie. If the
felony is bound over, meaning a
judge believes there is enough
evidence for the case to move
forward,
the
circuit
court
judge presiding over the case
will be Justice David Swartz,
according to court documents.
Tuley-Tillman’s
attorney
is listed as Douglas Lewis,
an
attorney
with
Student
Legal Services. Lewis could
not be reached for comment
Wednesday evening.
DAVID SONG/Daily
James House, professor emeritus of public policy, outlines the disparities in health care between the United States
and other top developed nations at Weill Hall on Wednesday.
Dr. James House
calls for social
reforms to reduce
need for care
By BRIAN KUANG
For the Daily
James
House,
professor
emeritus
of
public
policy,
challenged
conventional
approaches
to
improving
health care during a panel
discussion hosted by the Ford
School of Public Policy on
Wednesday.
Discussing his new book,
“Beyond
Obamacare:
Life,
Death
and
Social
Policy,”
House
addressed
what
he
describes as the “growing
paradoxical crisis” of U.S.
health care: the United States
spends about twice as much
of its GDP on health care as
similar developed countries,
yet counterintuitively has a
lower level of health overall.
He attributed the failure
of
reform
attempts
to
a
misperception that health care
is the primary determinant of a
population’s health, pointing to
evidence that quality of health
care only has a 10 percent
correlation with the health of a
population.
House said the primary
determinants of a population’s
health are socioeconomic in
nature, including educational
CRIME
DPSS crime alert says
suspect brandished
handgun at retail
store near campus
By TANAZ AHMED
Daily Staff Reporter
The Department of Public
Safety and Security issued a
crime alert Wednesday at 11:58
a.m. after an armed robbery
occurred on the 1200 block of
South University near South
Forest Avenue.
Witnesses told the the Ann
Arbor Police Department that
two men robbed a retail store
at approximately 2:55 a.m. on
Wednesday. According to the
witnesses, one of the robbers
displayed a small handgun.
The two men ran away on foot
in the direction of the Church
Street parking garage.
See BIOSCIENCES, Page 3A
See HEALTH CARE, Page 2A
See FLU SHOT, Page 3A
‘U’ officials
envision
changes for
biosciences
UMHS implements stricter
employee flu shot policy
Dismissed ‘M’
football player
charged with
three felonies
Ford prof. talks alternative
approaches to health care
Robbery
reported
at South U.
retail shop
Wednesday
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