Henry Ford Facts & Statistics
Organization
Henry Ford Health System is a Michigan not-for-profit corporation governed by a 21-member Board of Trustees. Advisory and affiliate boards comprising 150 Trustee volunteer leaders provide vital links to the communities served by the System. Henry Ford Health System is managed by President and Chief Executive Officer Nancy Schlichting.
Henry Ford Health System is one of the nation's leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. It provides financing and health care delivery, including acute, specialty, primary and preventive care services backed by excellence in research and education. Founded in 1915 by auto pioneer Henry Ford, it is committed to improving the health and well-being of a diverse community.
Statistics
- 17,489 full-time equivalent employees, including 3,632 nurses (395 from Canada) and 3,883 allied health professionals; more than 23,000 total Henry Ford Health System employees.
- The Henry Ford Medical Group is comprised of more than 1,100 senior staff physicians and researchers from 60 countries around the globe, and partners with 1,500 community physicians.
- 3.1 million patient visits annually and more than 78,000 outpatient surgical procedures performed annually.
- 93,000 patients admitted to Henry Ford Health System hospitals annually.
- Revenue: $3.2 billion; Net Income $134 million; Uncompensated care: $104 million. (2006 data)
- More than one million residents in southeast Michigan receive care from Henry Ford Health System.
- More than 40% of Henry Ford Health System patient visits are by persons age 50 and over.
- 20% of ambulatory care and 10% of acute care services in southeast Michigan are provided by Henry Ford Health System.
- Payor distribution: Medicare, 33%; Health Alliance Plan, 27%; Blue Cross, 17%; Medicaid, 11%; other, 12, including Alliance Health and Life Insurance, Aetna Health Plans, United Healthcare, PPOM and Preferred Health Plan's Health Choice.
- More than 2,300 acute and psychiatric licensed beds.