Skip to main content

The timeline can be navigated by dragging the pointer on the timeline bar, located at the bottom of the screen on the desktop version and on the left of the screen on mobile. To filter by a specific topic, make a selection on the dropdown “Filters” menu or click “Search” to do a keyword search. To learn more, click “Read More” below.

Read More
Postcard image of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Multistory buildings and grassy field.
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (1920).

Henry Ford takes over the funding and direction of the new Detroit General Hospital.

1915

HOSP
NPIC
RSCH
MED
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (1920).

Ford implements the first closed system hospital practice, meaning that hospital employees are required to hold no other jobs. He personally selects the physicians, and also instigates a research component at the hospital, as well as a teaching practice. This marks a movement of hospitals from primarily being places of care to being sites of scientific research and development.