Prestigious Award Recognizes Contributions to Improving Patient Safety The Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC as part of a patient safety research group, The I-PASS Study Group, received the prestigious 2016 John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality. The award is presented annually by The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum […]

The DMC’s Children’s Hospital of Michigan has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). CT scanning — sometimes called CAT scanning — is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and tailor treatments for various medical […]

Widely considered one of the greatest medical achievements of modern civilization, vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Lauren Snabb, M.D., pediatrician on staff at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC, says that because vaccinations have been so effective in preventing many infectious diseases, parents may not realize that the […]

Four-year-old Sophia was getting ready for her weekly dance class, when her mother, Kristy, noticed she had a low-grade fever. Although she displayed no other symptoms, Kristy decided to take Sophia to her pediatrician, as it was unusual for her to have a fever, let alone complain that she was not feeling well. In a […]

To see Gabby now anyone would be hard pressed to know that just a year before, the adolescent straight A student from Texas, was airlifted on life support to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC, with her parents clinging for hope that she would survive. Fortunately for her parents Todd and Becky, their nightmare has […]

A unique study recently published in the authoritative Pediatric Nephrology medical journal shows that excess lipoproteins and fatty acids may be associated with the development of painful and often chronic kidney stones in children. The breakthrough study, led by DMC’s Children’s Hospital of Michigan Urology Department Multidisciplinary Pediatric Stone Clinic Medical Director Larisa G. Kovacevic, […]