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‘Dr. Ziggy calls for changes to improve outcomes for inevitable next pandemic
Zigmond Kozicki is an associate professor of health administration at University of Detroit Mercy.
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: As the COVID-19 pandemic began to fill hospitals in early April 2020 and local health departments were tasked with contact tracing outbreaks to minimize community spread,
health administration associate professor Zigmond Kozicki wanted to know if the mobilized health organizations were prepared for what he believed was a 100-year population health event. As the months dragged on and casualties mounted, it became clear that problems with resources and coordination slowed the response. Kozicki felt research was needed to gather the baseline information necessary to come up with a new strategy to improve outcomes for what he believes could be an even worse next pandemic.
Most proud of efforts to improve patient and employee safety
UMHS owns or is affiliated with 15 hospitals and 40 outpatient centers in Michigan
University of Michigan
Dr. David Spahlinger rounds with staff at University of Michian Hospitals.
Dr. David Spahlinger looks back on his 26 years as a manager and primary care physician at the University of Michigan Health System and takes most pride in how he helped improve employee and patient safety for the system s 26,000 workers and three core hospitals in Ann Arbor.
Spahlinger, a 66-year-old internist who completed his residency at UM Hospitals in 1983, became president of UMHS in 2016, after multiple administrative roles at the university, including executive director of the multispecialty faculty practice UM Medical Group 1997-2015.