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Brian Uridge

Brian Uridge has more than three decades of experience in law enforcement, healthcare security, and fire service. Since 2018, he has served as deputy director of public safety and security for the University of Michigan and director of security for Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan. In this capacity, Brian Uridge oversees security and law enforcement personnel for a health system with 34,000 employees. that is visited by three million patients per year. A certified police officer for the university, he manages a full-time team, including clinical trainers, a K-9 team, security staff, and a community policing unit. During his first few years with the University of Michigan, Mr. Uridge helped create the health system’s first K-9 program and developed a home health tactical safety training procedure. Before that, he spent three years as director of security services for Spectrum Health System in Grand Rapids.

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Contributor Brief·Brian Uridge · 2 articles
Updated Apr 15, 2024

Clinical outcomes improve when institutions prioritize human-centered care systems

Uridge argues that systemic healthcare improvement requires embedding compassion and relational care into institutional protocols, not treating them as secondary to technology or investigation. He demonstrates this across digestive health innovation and trauma response, claiming that when providers shift from task-completion to patient-centered models, detection rates rise and healing accelerates.

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healthcare domains where human-centered protocols drive superior outcomes

“Rising GI disorders and AI innovation are reshaping how providers detect and treat digestive health conditions.”

Healthcare Needs a GUT Check…Literally!

Core institutional barriers to patient-centered care adoption

Trauma survivors heal faster with compassionate victim support9
Police prioritization of support accelerates recovery beyond investigation closure8
GI detection innovation requires integrated human and technological systems7

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38%Trauma survivors
Trauma survivors heal faster with compassionate victim support
Police prioritization of support accelerates recovery beyond investigation closure
GI detection innovation requires integrated human and technological systems

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trauma recovery rate when police provide integrated victim support

Trauma survivors heal faster when police officers prioritize compassionate victim support beyond the immediate investigation.

When Law Enforcement Provides Victim Support, That's Where the Healing Starts

Rising GI disorders demand detection protocols that integrate AI capability with clinician judgment.

Healthcare Needs a GUT Check…Literally!

“Institutional healing begins when support precedes investigation.”

Themes:Relational care as clinical infrastructure, not sentimentTechnology amplifies but cannot replace human-centered diagnosisInstitutional protocol redesign around patient recovery, not process completion

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