Sinai Hospital Of Greater Detroit

Programs: Internal medicine (general) - the internal medicine program served 40,887 patients in 2010. 55,577 days of inpatient care were provided. 14. 6% of internal medicine net charges were written off to uncompensated care. The hospital has a representative of each internal medicine subspecialty on its staff, giving the hospital the ability to handle nearly any type of medical condition. The subspecialties are: cardiovascular services, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, medical oncology, nephrology, neurology, pulmonology, and rheumatology.

emergency medicine - 72,583 patients were registered through the emergency department (ed) in 2010 as the only healthcare facility serving the northwest detroit community. Cardiac cases are the most common type of case handled by the ed. Dmc sinai-grace's ed is designated a level ii trauma center by the american college of surgeons (acs). Level ii designation signifies that the hospital is able to treat any emergency patient, regardless of the severity of the injury. A trauma surgeon is available to respond rapidly 24 hours a day. Orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, emergency physicians and all ancillary services are also available. Board certified emergency medicine physicians and residents staff the department, complemented by registered nurses trained and certified in advanced cardiac life support (acls), trauma nursing and emergency pediatric nursing. Sinai grace hospital received several excellance awards in 2010 from healthgrades' annual hospital quality study and rankings, an analysis of patient outcomes at nearly 5,000 american hospitals. These awards are, the distinguished hospital award for clinical excellence; the emergency medicine excellence award; the women's health excellence award; the joint replacement excellence award and the stroke care excellence award.

surgery (general) - served 696 patients in 2010. 4,559 days of inpatient care were provided. 31. 6% of net charges were written off to uncompensated care. With twelve fully equipped operating rooms, the hospital handles a wide range of patients from complex trauma cases that arrive in our level ii emergency department to elective joint surgery. As southeast michigan's largest kidney dialysis facility, dmc sinai-grace handles nephrology cases and does the largest number of peripheral vascular procedures of any hospital in the area. The surgical intensive care unit (sicu), located next to the operating rooms, is staffed by physicians who have completed critical care fellowships, providing an extra level of expertise for patients recovering from surgery.

ob/gyn - 1,950 total cases; 4,698 inpatient days traumatic - 429 total cases; 2,907 inpatient days family medicine - 3,783 total cases; 4,719 inpatient days; 2,893 outpatient registrations cardiology - 2,714 total cases; 1,688 inpatient days; 2,323 outpatient registrations