University of Michigan. Hospitals. Business Office.

Office within University of Michigan Hospitals system concerned with accounting, budgets, statistics, and financial analysis.

From the description of Hospitals Business Office (University of Michigan) records, 1926-1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778813

The University Hospital began when a professor's home was converted into a small, 20 bed hospital in 1869, which was expanded to 60 beds in 1875. This facility was replaced by the Catherine Street Hospital, which opened in 1891. The Psychopathic Hospital was funded by the state in 1901 and completed in 1906. The state maintained the building until it was turned over to the university in 1937. The Catherine Street Hospital became overcrowded, so the Regents approved the construction of a new building in 1915, University Hospital, which was completed in 1923. The building, also called "Old Main," was replaced by the new University Hospital and A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center in 1986 as the primary University of Michigan Hospital.

The following is a timeline of key dates in the history and development of the University of Michigan Hospitals (and later Health System). A more detailed history of the hospital from its inception through 1940 is available in The University of Michigan An Encyclopedic History (Volume II).

• 1869: A professor's home on North University is converted into a small hospital for patients, becoming the first hospital controlled by a university medical school.
• 1875: Two pavilions are added to the existing hospital, for a total of 60 beds. Made possible by state appropriation and funding from the city of Ann Arbor.
• 1889: Appropriations from the legislature, and funding from the city of Ann Arbor allow for the construction of a new hospital to be built on Catherine Street.
• 1891: The new Catherine Street Hospital opens and is shared by the medical department and the homeopathic medical college. The homeopathic medical college moves to another location in 1900. The vacated space is taken over by University Hospital.
• 1903: The 75-bed Palmer Ward, one of the first children's wards in the United States, opens in the Catherine Street Hospital.
• 1908: Jay B. Draper becomes hospital superintendent, serving until 1915. During his tenure, the hospital becomes responsible for its own finances, resulting in a surplus. The resulting complaints lead to the formation of a new Hospital Committee, created by Regental approval (January 1912), to oversee the hospital.
• 1910: The University opens Michigan's first psychiatric hospital.
• 1924: Harley A. Haynes (M.D. 1902) is appointed director of the University Hospital and is one of the earliest to bring cost accounting to hospital administration.
• 1925: The Catherine Street Hospital is replaced by University Hospital (also known as Old Main Hospital), a 700-bed facility, built at a cost of $4.4 million.
• 1928: University Hospital offers the first physician training program in thoracic surgery.
• 1942: The University of Michigan Base Hospital (General Hospital No. 298) is activated and subsequently serves in the ETO, in England, France, and Belgium.
• 1950: Women's Hospital opens as a 66,822 square foot facility. The Birth Center was one of the first facilities to offer single-room maternity care.
• 1955: The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital opens.
• 1969: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital opens its doors, as the university's first hospital devoted entirely to children. The 272,732 square foot facility houses 200 beds.
• 1969: The James and Lynelle Holden Perinatal Hospital is built, providing care for premature and critically ill infants.
• 1975: The Regents approve theBylaws for the Executive Board of University Hospital .
• 1976: The W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, a 32-bed facility, is established, providing patient care, education and research in eye diseases.
• 1978: The Regents approve the creation of the Finance and Personnel Committee, which serves as a governing authority for financial matters and strategic planning.
• 1982: The University begins its Survival Flight program, a hospital-based airborne emergency medical service - the first in the state.
• 1986: "Old Main" closes and the new University Hospital and A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center opens. The 11-story hospital is nearly 1.8 million square feet in size and holds 550 beds. The Taubman Center houses 120 outpatient clinics. The conversion from Old Main into the new facilities takes place on February 14.
• 1986: M-CARE, a University HMO plan is developed. As of the year 2002, it serves over 200,000 members in 14 counties, offering HMO, point of service, Medicare and Medicaid plans.
• 1990: The hospitals expand, adding integrated services for women and children in new space and renovated units in existing hospitals.
• 1997: The U-M moves its cancer and geriatrics clinical and research programs into the $88 million Cancer Center and Geriatrics Center Building.

From the guide to the Hospitals. Business office. (University of Michigan) records, 1926-1977, 1926-1977, 1950-1970, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)