History of Hospital Medicine

Timeline of Henry Ford Medical Group Hospital Medicine

• 1988: Early dedicated inpatient internists provide short stay care.
• 1993-1995: Hospitalists expand services to the Cardiology Unit at Henry Ford Hospital.
• 1995-2002: Eight hospitalists provide 24/7 coverage for Cardiology and Internal Medicine unit overflow at Henry Ford Hospital.
• 2002-2006: The number of hospitalists grows to 14 with 24/7 coverage of the Emergency Room's observation unit at Henry Ford Hospital.
• 2006: The Department of Medicine forms the Section of Inpatient General Internal Medicine within the Division of General Internal Medicine, with nearly 20 faculty hospitalists at Henry Ford Hospital.
• 2007: First community practice started at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Warren Campus providing 24/7 coverage and supporting the teaching service.
• 2007: Co-management of Orthopedic Surgery Units, and Medical Consultation at Henry Ford Hospital.
• 2008:
  • The Department of Medicine renames the Section of Inpatient General Internal Medicine to form the Division of Hospitalist Medicine, appointing Peter Y. Watson, M.D., as the first Division Head.
  • The Division establishes a hospital medicine resident unit at Henry Ford Hospital.
  • Hospitalists start 24/7 coverage for general inpatient medicine including teaching service at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital.
  • The Advanced Heart Failure Service managing heart transplant and LVAD patients is led by hospitalists in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital.
• 2009: Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital opens with hospitalists covering general inpatient medicine and co-management of Surgery Units.
• 2013: Hospitalists continue growth of inpatient services, with expansion to assist the TAVR program at Henry Ford Hospital. Services also expanded to cover neurology and surgery at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital.
• 2018: The Division continues to increase new opportunities and enhances the scope of practice to include caring for hospice patients at Henry Ford West Bloomfield and post-tPA patients, in collaboration with neurology, at Henry Ford West Bloomfield.
• 2022: Expanded to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital to take care of HFMG patients with 24/7 coverage