WHAT:
Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) will host the 2019 Legal Summit, a Connecting Michigan for Health event, on Monday, June 3, 2019. The summit will bring together legal and healthcare experts to focus on legal issues surrounding the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), bioethics and the use of predictive modeling and artificial intelligence in healthcare, the sharing of behavioral health information, recent legislation and innovative solutions to the growing opioid epidemic and more.
The opening keynote will be given by John Rancourt, Director, Interoperability Division, Office of Policy, Office of the National Coordinator, who will speak on TEFCA, outlining a two-part solution to national interoperabity, why this solution is necessary, and how key healthcare stakeholders will be able to participate in this national framework.
More information on the conference is available here.
WHEN:
Monday, June 3, 2019, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE:
Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933
WHO:
Jeff Coughlin, Senior Director, Federal and State Affairs, HIMSS North America
Nicholson Price, PhD, JD, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Dr. Junaid Nabi, Public Health Researcher & Medical Journalist, Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
If you’d like an interview, please contact to schedule.
About Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services
The Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) is Michigan’s state-designated entity to improve healthcare quality, efficiency, and patient safety by sharing electronic health information statewide, helping reduce costs for patients, providers, and payers. MiHIN is a nonprofit, public-private collaboration that includes stakeholders from the State of Michigan, Health Information Exchanges serving Michigan, health systems and providers, health plans/payers, pharmacies, and the Governor’s Health Information Technology Commission. For more information, visit https://mihin.org.
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For additional information, contact:
Alyssa Jones
Public Relations Manager
Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services
269.832.8353
alyssa.jones@mihin.org