Virtual Health, Real Success
By: Leia Menlove,
6/11/2009
Michigan could take a lesson from Healthmedia. From it's early struggles to find local investment to its recent purchase by Johnson & Johnson, the innovative software-as-service company has stayed committed to remaining in Ann Arbor. (
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The Metro Detroit Touch
By: Tanya Muzumdar,
3/19/2009
It should be no surprise that tending to the body is a growth industry, and that includes massage. How big? $11-15 billion dollars big. With a respected school in Southfield, local hospitals adding massage therapy to treatment and some businesses providing it as an employee perk, it's good to know our high tech world still values the human touch. (
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A Healing Menu
By: Dennis Archambault,
3/12/2009
Forget that sad little bowl of green Jello. Chef and restaurateur Matt Prentice is out to remake hospital cuisine. No, that's not a contradiction in terms. Henry Ford West Bloomfield hospital has tasked Prentice with creating a menu that not only tastes good but aids in patient healing. (
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A Room With A View
By: Terry Parris Jr.,
10/23/2008
If you stop to think about it, hospitals are a logistical nightmare. You have hundreds of patients with different treatments and schedules. Some have dietary restrictions, others don't speak English. Mistakes can have profound consequences. Dearborn's Oakwood hospital recently became the first facility in Michigan to employ a high-tech digital tracking system that makes sense of the chaos. (
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Oakwood's Expanding Cultural Mission
By: Erika-Marie Geiss,
9/4/2008
"Can you show me where it hurts?" A simple question, right? Not if the doctor and patient speak different languages. Harder still if they come from radically different cultures. With one third of Dearborn's population claiming Middle Eastern heritage, Oakwood Hospital has made cultural competence mission critical. (
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Blog/Mike Finney
Mike is president and CEO of Ann Arbor SPARK. A passionate advocate for the transformation of Michigan's high-tech economy he also managed the MEDC’s $1 billion Michigan Life Sciences Corridor initiative between 2000 and 2002. Mike will be wriing about who's making a difference in the Michigan and why. (
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