[1] Nursing became professionalized in the late 19th century, opening a new middle-class career for talented young women of all social backgrounds.

McLaughlin Hall of the Farrand Training School was built in 1922 to honor the nurses associated with the war-time hospital.

[3] Harper was the site of the world's first successful open-heart operation, using a mechanical heart called the Dodrill-GMR developed by a General Motors engineer with Harper physicians, including Forest Dewey Dodrill.

[4] In 2004, Harper was the first to debut the Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI) system in Michigan.

Harper is in The Leapfrog Group’s 2008 Top Hospital list for patient quality and safety.

This accreditation recognizes that Harper's bariatric program meets the patient care standards as set forth by the SRC and ASBS.