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Henry Ford, DMC, Nephron to build dialysis center in Southfield Henry Ford Health System, Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai-Grace Hospital and Nephron Associates, a Southfield-based physician group, have agreed to build a $2.8 million dialysis center in Southfield. The 11,700-square-foot dialysis center – the Northland Park Dialysis Center – will be built on 3.6 acres of vacant property on Northwestern Highway near Northland Park Drive. It is expected to open in summer 2010. The dialysis center will be managed and staffed by Greenfield Health Systems, a division of Henry Ford that also operates 11 other dialysis centers in Southeast Michigan.

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Dialysis Partners of Northwest Ohio/Greenfield Health Systems will be opening a brand new 12-station dialysis unit in the beautiful, brand new Medical Office Building on the campus of Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio. We will keep you posted as the unit develops!

The NKF of Michigan teamed up with the staff of Greenfield-St. Mary Dialysis in Livonia to hold a Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention Fair on Monday, April 12 and Thursday, April 15, 2010.. . . (Read)
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AND THE WINNER IS. . . (Read)

DAY ON THE HILL WITH CONGRESSWOMAN CANDICE MILLER

NRAA Day on the Hill On May 6, 2010, Kathleen Radtke, Director, Dialysis Serives, GHS and two Eastpointe Dialysis Center patients, Darrell Kelley and Yulonda McReynolds, spent a Day On the Hill in meetings with Congressional offices and advisors. . The Day started with a breakfast at the Rayburn Building with Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) as guest speaker. Representative Berkley’s husband is a practicing nephrologist in Las Vegas. The Congressional meetings focused on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed ESRD bundled payment regulation which goes into effect on January 1, 2011. The groups expressed their concerns regarding oral drugs without an intravenous equivalent being included in the bundled payment system and the likely negative impacts on patients and dialysis providers. In addition, concerns were expressed regarding the proposed 3 percent overall reduction in payment during the phase-in period in order to achieve budget neutrality. The picture is of Kathleen, Yulonda, Congresswoman Candice Miller, and Darrell Kelley.

NEW EDUCATION PAGE

The Education Department has a new page that details the education and training new employees receive that benefits the patient care efforts of Greenfield Health Systems.

Careers

Greenfield Health Systems (GHS), a division of Henry Ford Health System, is seeking qualified people to join our team.

Third Annual Henry Ford Health
System CKD Symposium

Issues of Injury and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Proceedings of the meeting in a PDF file.

CKD Booklet for Professionals

CKD-Chronic Kidney Disease. CLINICAL PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS :
A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH (5.1 EDITION) © 2007

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CKD Chronic Kidney Disease (Read)

We are pleased to announce the recent addition of "Let's Talk CKD": Chronic Kidney Disease Education. Classes are now being offered at several locations throughout the metropolitan area. The class is targeted for patients/families wih Stage 3 or 4 CKD.

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Renal Care Symposium 2009

ENGAGING EXCELLENCE

Greenfield Health Systems’ 2009 Renal Symposium was a great success! We had approximately 200 people/day and the feedback received on the evaluations was extremely positive. Participants wrote such comments as “Best one yet!”; “loved the opportunity to hear from a patient and his views on ‘The Patient as Captain’”; “Dr. Patel gave us very good information on the barriers to transplantation”; “it was good to hear the latest on health care reform and bundling from Mr. Klepner – I hope to hear more like this in the future”. . (Slides)

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We will be hearing from experts on such topics as the management of pain, evaluation for transplantation, and diabetes and kidney disease. One of our very own home hemodialysis patients will be providing us with education from the perspective of a renal care consumer.

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We also anticipate interesting and useful information from a speaker on legislative activity, a topic requested from previous attendees. So, reserve the date now and we look forward to seeing you there!

Vasc-Alert proactively monitors hemodialysis patient's access by evaluating the intra-access pressures. Read