[Inaudible] Hi, I'm Dana Jay, and this is Henry Ford Health System News,
a look at the way our team members are working towards excellence in the
science and art of care.
We're going to start this time in the department of orthopedics where
groundbreaking research is proving that patients don't need opioids to manage
pain after knee surgery.
About 60 patients under the age of 45, most with knee injuries,
common in active people participated in the study,
which was recently published by Arthroscopy,
The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery.
All of the subjects had surgery on their meniscus.
Half got opioids or narcotics to control pain,
half were on a non opioid regimen-- anti-inflammatories,
acetaminophen and muscle relaxers.
Chief Resident to Toufic Jildeh led the study.
So our study found that our non-narcotic protocol was able to provide
equivalent or better pain relief and maintaining excellent patient
satisfaction without the use of opioids whatsoever.
Jildeh says the result of the study are a first step toward eliminating the use
of addictive opioids to relieve pain after other surgery, too.
I think when patients found out that they can actually undergo surgery without
using opioids whatsoever, people were pumped.
In 2017,
the U.S Department of Health declared opioid abuse a public health emergency.
In 2019,
more than 10 million people misused prescription opioids and more than
50,000 people died from opioid overdose.
Orthopedic surgeons are among the highest prescribers of the drugs because
opioids are effective against musculoskeletal pain.
I think the responsibility lies with physicians to manage postoperative
pain while decreasing the opioid burden while also maintaining excellent
patient satisfaction.
And I think orthopedic surgeons are well-suited and in a position to really have
a positive impact on the opioid epidemic.
The Henry Ford researchers started with meniscus surgery because it's most
common and patients typically experience mild or moderate pain after surgery.
Jill day says ongoing studies are showing non opioid regimens are effective
after other types of surgeries too.
We've proved this in meniscus surgeries.
We are in the process of proving this in ACL surgery, shoulder labrum surgery,
as well as rotator cuff surgery and shoulder arthroplasty.
And so far our results have been overwhelmingly positive.
The non-opioid approach is now the standard of care here at Henry Ford,
when it comes to managing pain after meniscus surgery.
The team believes they're among the first in the nation to adopt that approach.
Henry Ford Allegiance Health has teamed up with Jackson County to vaccinate
local college kids,
busing them from campus to the mass vaccination site at the Jackson County
Fairgrounds.
Team members from the sports medicine department stepped up to help meet the
demand.
We're excited to be here.
We're slated to give close to a thousand vaccines today.
Most of which going to students in our community and over the next week or so,
we'll be expanding that and giving more students vaccines. Uh,
our department reached out and coordinated efforts with our population health
leaders, particularly the,
our clinical staff that work with me on a day-to-day basis.
So we actually pulled them out of my clinic, uh,
and we brought them here to, uh,
to do this and accomplish something bigger than us and bigger than sports
medicine. Uh, we're,
we're just real excited to be here and we're excited to get, uh, you know,
shots in arms and put this pandemic behind us as soon as we can.
It's now easier than ever to get your vaccine if you haven't already.
Team members can walk in to any Henry Ford mass vaccination site or
employee health location, no appointment necessary.
Some businesses, along West Grand Boulevard,
just down the street from Henry Ford Hospital are getting a facelift thanks in
part to Henry Ford. The health system teamed up with Midtown Detroit, Inc.
and the Kresge Foundation to find ways to help longtime business owners like
Harold Hackett improve their facades.
Hackett has run his salon since 1988.
His building is 100 years old .Hackett says he saw the neighborhood
improving and he was afraid he might not be able to keep up.
I just didn't have the money to keep up.
And I thought I'd be out of date or the city would force me or force
me to do things that I just didn't have the money for it.
It was pretty difficult. Um,
and then I'm going to just say a blessing came along.
Blessing came in the form of a $20,000 grant funded by the Kresge
Foundation. Harold's place got a new awning and a new sign is on the way.
He says he and his fellow grant recipients will fit right in with the new and
improved Motown museum across the street.
We look good. We look really good. And across,
the street Motown remodeled its entire it's entire, uh,
a facility. It looks great. I feel like a millionaire leaving now.
The facade improvement program is just one part of a plan developed by Henry
Ford to reach outside the hospital and the cancer pavilion and help the
neighborhood. And now let's do the featured photo .
This time we're recognizing one of our extraordinary nurses .
Anne Allen is the very first Daisy Award
honoree for Henry Ford Medical Group's Ambulatory Nursing.
Anne is an ambulatory surgery nurse at Henry Ford
Medical Center Cottage.
She was nominated for the award for going above and beyond for her patients
and coworkers.
She's also been recognized by the City of Detroit for her compassionate care
while working with patients at drive-through COVID testing sites early in the
pandemic. Congratulations to Anne!
And let us know what your outstanding teammates are up to.
Send us story ideas or photos to news
tips@hfhs.org. Thanks for watching.
And I'll see you around.
[Inaudible].