  Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4189 Registered: 10-2003 |
I caught this in today's Crain's. I thought this was hugs and kisses back together. What's up? "A new report suggests the widening rift between The Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University that made headlines last fall may be irreparable. "A Sept. 18 draft of the report obtained by Crain’s notes “both institutions are on a path toward a ‘slow divorce.’ ” The report is expected to reach Gov. Jennifer Granholm today, although the final wording has changed, according one panel organizer." /snip http://www.crainsdetroit.com/a ssets/PDF/CD29104930.PDF | ||
Rugbyman Member Username: Rugbyman Post Number: 128 Registered: 06-2005 |
From what I understand, DMC is a hare's breath away from collapse. They only have something like 3 or 4 days cash on hand, whereas other hospitals keep months of cash in the event of funding shortfalls. | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 1370 Registered: 02-2004 |
The DMC and WSU still don't have a signed formal contract despite what was reported last November. The term sheet which was signed is not the final contract and disputes haven't been resolved. I believe they will remain important partners in some areas but both will continue to foster relationships with other institutions. The DMC primarily with MSU and WSU with Oakwood, Crittenton and other hospital systems. (Message edited by Crew on October 02, 2007) | ||
Afriend Member Username: Afriend Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2007 |
No hugs. No kisses. No contract. Slow divorce may be worthy of re-wording. If not for major interventions from multiple powers outside either DMC or WSU, it would already be done. It's probably going about as fast as can happen, without shutting done both the DMC and all clinical services of WSU simultaneously. The only glue to the relationship is the resident body, who does all the grunt work, and the graduate medical education funding which accompanies each resident in the WSU/DMC model. But look for this to change, as each side begins to start "drafting" programs to be solely sponsored soon... at least, the memorandum of understanding from last November says they can. However, the MOU also says they were supposed to formulate a formal contract. Short term this hurts WSU, as they try to regroup. Down the road, however, they will do well. Long term, this hurts DMC and ultimately the infrastructure of Detroit's healthcare. Of course, those in power now will be long gone by that time. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 4770 Registered: 11-2006 |
A slow and ugly divorce is just about right to describe the situation. The DMC is very vulnerable, they have established some new programs (ortho most recently with Providence/St. John), and a startup relationship with MSU COM. Wayne may be having more trouble restarting residency programs so far. Ultimately, the DMC is very questionable without a major University anchoring the graduate medical education programs. The best move for the DMC would be to gut the board and upper administration (starting with Duggan) and start over. Lose the name to, that way they could expunge all of the bad feelings associated with the DMC accumulated over the years. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 4779 Registered: 11-2006 |
BTW, both sides knew it was not going to get fixed, they came to this "agreement" to get the ACGME off their backs...It worked (dropping the stock of the ACGME in many peoples eyes). |
