Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI) is the story of how a local community of health providers have worked to take care of the uninsured.  Detroit has no public hospital and no financing mechanism to pay for indigent care and continues to try to provide for the growing numbers of under and uninsured.

VODI is a collaboration of partners which include:

 - City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
 - Wayne County Health Department
 - Henry Ford Health System
 - St. John Health
 - Detroit Medical Center
 - Oakwood Healthcare System
 - Wayne State University School of Medicine
 - Detroit Wayne County Health Authority
 - Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency
 - Federally Qualified Health Centers:  Community Health & Social Services (CHASS), Covenant Community Care, Detroit Community Health Connection, Advantage Health Centers, Health Centers Detroit Medical Group, Wellness Plan Health Centers, Western Wayne Family Health Center
- Free Clinics:  Mercy Primary Care, St. John Community Health

Our partner - Tools4Medicine - has worked with us to develop a complete product line of Managed Care Technology Tools including:

 
In Taking Care of the Uninsured:  A Path to Reform, the authors demonstrate that health care can be improved. 
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