Articles & Education
UM Health-West Adds Robotics to Expertise for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
A new state-of-the art robotic tool allows University of Michigan Health-West to diagnose lung cancer at earlier stages, which is key to improving survival from the No. 1 cause of cancer death in the...
New AI System Focuses on the Patients Instead of Note Taking
University of Michigan Health-West is the first system in the state to pilot an AI-driven ambient voice technology that records clinical conversations, contextualizes the words and intelligently...
Remote monitoring helps COVID patients at home, where they heal best
COVID-19 inspires innovation and expansion of remote monitoring, helping patients recover at home.
Epidemiology of Adult Pleural Disease in the United States
CEO Dr. Peter Hahn co-authors important paper on pleural disease this month in the journal CHEST, the pre-eminent medical journal focusing on the heart and lungs.
Employee Resource Group Spotlight: Makabila
We believe by embracing the strength of diversity, justice of equity and welcome of inclusion, we become a better workplace and center of healing. Profound disparities exist for the Black community....
Employee Spotlight – Rachelle
Metro Health Phlebotomist Rachelle draws blood with such warmth and care that you may not even notice the needle poke. Rachelle started working at Metro Health in 2008 as a medical assistant....
Employee Spotlight – Kat
Nurses are special people who care for community members during the best and worst times of their lives. Over the past year, Metro Health nurses, like Kat, proved that not even a pandemic could hold...
Employee Spotlight – Joyce
As a team coordinator in the Metro Health Hospital patient registration office, Joyce is one of the first people patients interact with when they arrive. Each day, she helps patients check-in for...
In race to create a COVID-19 vaccine, there is no fast track for approval
Dr. Rakesh Pai imagines a point in the not too distant, post-COVID future when people are lining up to see a movie. “We’re all going to go to the movie theater and we’re going to watch ‘Warp...
COVID vaccine trials need diverse test subjects, so a doctor rolled up his sleeve
Dr. Rakesh Pai understands the lifesaving power of vaccines as a physician, but also from a family perspective. When the opportunity came to volunteer to test one of the new COVID-19 vaccines, he did...