Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System have ended discussions of a proposed merger to combine their operations into a new health system. Today’s announcement followed six months of due diligence discussions involving hundreds of Beaumont and Henry Ford team members.
To better understand and identify community health concerns, Beaumont Health System conducts community health needs assessments every three years. In 2012, an assessment was completed for each of the three hospitals and the communities they serve.
Safety City U.S.A., the first nonprofit, injury prevention/safety education center in Michigan, is hosting a summer camp program for children ages 6 to 9 in Royal Oak. Three one-week camp sessions are available. Each session runs Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and is $125 per camper.
Ananias Diokno, M.D., Beaumont Health System’s executive vice president and chief medical officer since September 2006, will step down from his administrative role effective June 1 and retire on Sept. 1. He will be succeeded as CMO on June 1 by David Wood, M.D., current president of Beaumont Physician Partners, the health system’s administrative group for hospital-physician relations.
A new bicycle-friendly, commuter map of southeastern Oakland County is hot off the presses, just in time for the League of American Bicyclists’ national “Bike to Work Day” on Friday, May 17.
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A Beaumont media relations contact is always available. Call the main office from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. After hours, weekends and holidays, call 248-898-5000 and ask for contact information for the media relations representative on-call.
Beaumont Cancer Survivors follow the Yellow Brick Road
Beaumont Cancer survivors celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day at the Sterling Inn in Sterling Heights from Noon-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 2. This year's theme is "Follow the Yellow Brick Road...Because it takes courage, wisdom and heart to be a survivor." Media is invited.
Michigan's everchanging weather can play havoc on skin care. The arrival of spring not only means rising temperatures, but increased exposure to the sun. Beaumont dermatologists are available to offer seasonal skin care tips.
Exercise-induced asthma affects many athletes
With high school and college spring sports in full swing, Devang Doshi, M.D., director, Pediatric Pulmonology, Beaumont, Royal Oak, is available to discuss symptoms and medications used to treat and control exercise-induced asthma, or EIA. This condition frequently affects individuals who do not suffer from chronic asthma. Athletes with EIA experience difficulty breathing five to 10 minutes after exercise.
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