Enhance and expand access to WORLD-CLASS PATIENT CARE
We care for hundreds of thousands of patients each year — people we pass in the grocery store, meet in our neighborhoods, and hug in our homes. We are dedicated to creating and providing the best possible health care for every condition, common or rare. Our historical charge is to advance the capabilities of medicine and health care everywhere, while increasing the accessibility to that life-changing care across our state.
Michigan Medicine is physically transitioning from an academic medical center in Ann Arbor to a statewide academic health system that is elevating health care for all — the University for Michigan. We are expanding access to complex care, leading-edge technology, and new treatments, including through clinical trials. And we can do more, together, through this campaign. We can (and must) make care easier to navigate, less invasive, more preventive, and more effective. We will lead the development of improved best practices and standards of care. Cures and treatments that start here will benefit our families and communities, and they will radiate globally.
- 4.1 million outpatient visits annually
- 190 ambulatory care sites
- Serving people from all 83 Michigan counties
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT
Enhance and expand access to WORLD-CLASS PATIENT CARE
Recruit and retain outstanding faculty
Exemplary physicians who are also leaders in their fields are our foundation. They are inspired by patients to move medicine forward through research. We seek support for endowed professorships and our Retain Academic Leaders program to lead bold change as we provide life-changing care.
Create the ideal patient experience at the right time, in the right place
Imagine seamless navigation among specialists and increased access to providers closer to where patients live. With your help, we will innovate in telehealth and home care, and in at-home diagnostic testing and patient monitoring. We will bridge imaging and treatment in new ways and strive to make care less invasive with technologies such as robotic and incisionless surgery. We will explore more effective yet less intensive cancer therapies and mine data for insights that can make therapies more precise.
WHY I GIVE
I hope to see a cure for cancer during my lifetime.
Give children and adults more options through clinical trials
We envision bringing more discoveries into clinical application, testing novel and repurposed compounds, and leveraging our leadership to ensure patients have access to the most cutting-edge care. We will accelerate treatments for cell therapies, gene therapies, surgical breakthroughs, and medical devices.
Enhance our statewide network of care
We are forging new models of collaborative excellence, including for high-risk pregnancies, congenital disorders, cardiovascular disease, cancer, blinding eye conditions, mental health, physical rehabilitation, and more. Help us expand these efforts.
Support wellness for care providers
Hardship funds. Recharge rooms. Compassionate support. To ensure we have a top-level workforce, let’s make impactful investments that promote well-being across our enterprise.
