Detroit Receiving Hospital

Details

Name :

Detroit Receiving Hospital

Address  :

4201 St. Antoine Blvd

Town  :

Detroit

State  :

Michigan

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

48201

Phone  :

313 745 3000

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Hematologist
  • Immunology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otolaryngologist
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Description

Mission Statement
Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center is committed to being one of the nations premier emergency trauma critical care and ambulatory care centers providing high quality services to all patients within the communities serviced without regard to religious racial ethnic identification or economic status

In collaboration with Wayne State University Detroit Receiving provides leadership in the education and training of health care professionals and in the development of new diagnostic and treatment modalities that enhance the quality of life


History

History of Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit Receiving Hospital DRH was founded in 1915 as a cityowned hospital dedicated to caring for everyone regardless of ability to pay In 1965 the hospital was renamed Detroit General and maintained that mission In 1980 Detroit General moved to its new awardwinning 320bed facility and reclaimed the name Detroit Receiving Hospital Today Detroit Receiving Hospital and the University Health Center still focus on providing the best medical care using the latest technology regardless of the patients ability to pay

DRH was the first American College of Surgeons verified Level I Trauma Center in Michigan and one of the first in the nation Focusing on adult medical care for emergency trauma and critically ill patients the majority of DRH patients arrive through the emergency department ED DRHs ED treats more than 80000 patients each year The University Health Center clinics treat more than 250000 patients annually making it one of the busiest ambulatory facilities in the country

As a teaching institution DRH is committed to physician education Approximately 95 of the physicians on staff at the hospital also serve on the faculty of Wayne State University School of Medicine In 1976 before emergency medicine was recognized as a specialty DRH began a postgraduate emergency medicine training program That residency continues to produce highly qualified emergency physicians and nearly half the physicians currently practicing in Michigan have received some of their training at Detroit Receiving Hospital

DRH physician expertise includes emergency medicine orthopaedic traumatology neurosurgery trauma surgery and burn treatment earning national and international recognition for the hospital DRH was also the site of the first cranioplasty using a precast replica of missing bone to repair a skull

Detroit Receiving hosts the longestrunning annual trauma conference in the country the Detroit Trauma Symposium attracting physicians worldwide The Symposium features the latest treatment and management techniques for the injured patient

Along with exceptional medical treatment the facility itself earned an award from the American Institute of Architecture for design and also houses an extensive hospitalbased art collection comprised of donations to DRH over a 30year period The collection features more than 900 pieces estimated at more than 3 million one of the largest hospitalbased collections in the nation
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