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Henry Ford Named to Top Health Systems

The Detroit-based system, with a hospital based in West Bloomfield, won the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, which includes the  recently built , has received a prestigious national award that recognizes quality in businesses across the nation.

"Henry Ford was one of only four 2011 recipients and the only organization in Michigan," according to the Henry Ford website.

In part, the Malcome Baldrige National Quality Award examiners noted the West Bloomfield "hospital model," "in which a new hospital was built from scratch with the active involvement of the community (resulting in a facility with features such as a Culinary Wellness Program and an innovative building design with a "Main Street" feel)," Henry Ford's site says.

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The hospital has made news for its , , and as a part of the culinary wellness program.

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