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The Download – November 5

06.10.2020

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Please join us for The Download monthly webinar. Date And Time Tue, November 5, 2020 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM EST About this Event The agenda for November's webinar is: 1. MiHIN's Information Blocking Task Force: Updates for Compliance and Effect on Stakeholders 2. The InterOp Station – MiHIN’s new data platform that converts claims and clinical data into FHIR resources and made easily accessible for query 3. MIGateway – MiHIN’s single solution for seamlessly accessing health information to streamline workflows, improve care coordination, and enhance the quality of electronic health data Join MiHIN for The Download, a monthly webinar featuring Michigan HIE news and updates on policy, use cases, data-sharing tools, and more. This virtual forum provides a timely and focused setting for MiHIN’s trusted data-exchange partners and other interested parties to be informed...

The Download Premier – October 6

02.10.2020

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Don’t miss the premier of The Download, the all new monthly webinar from MiHIN. Join us on Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. to stay up-to-date on Michigan HIE news and updates on policy, use cases, data-sharing tools, and more. Register Here...

MiHIN Plays Critical Role in COVID-19 Response in Michigan

02.10.2020

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HIEs and HINs across the U.S. have been supporting healthcare providers in their response to the on-going COVID-19 Pandemic. MiHIN maintains real-time COVID results delivery to the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS) as well as to health departments, payers, and clinicians across the state, leveraging their core use cases. EARLY RESPONSE FOR DETROIT In early March, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, MiHIN put its expertise to work in Metro Detroit to spin up a data tracking operation for the drive-by COVID-19 testing facility located at the former Michigan Fairgrounds. Using MiHIN’s health information exchange technology, physician orders for patients requiring COVID-19 testing were sent electronically, notifying clinical support staff at the fairgrounds of the expected volume and specific patients they could expect each day. Upon arrival...

MiHIN convenes statewide experts to advocate for an improved Advance Directive witnessing procedure

02.10.2020

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Who would speak for you if you could not speak for yourself? If you have appointed a Patient Advocate, would they be able to say what matters most to you to live life well? Making Choices Michigan (MCM), a strategic business unit of MiHIN, has been helping community members create an Advance Directive (AD) document to help people identify their Patient Advocate and describe their preferences for care the past 8 years. One major challenge to completing the document, in both community and acute care spaces, is the document witness requirements. The law describing the witness requirements was passed in 1998[i], well before the internet became a household word. The current requirements prohibit caregivers, including medical staff, to witness the AD. Additionally, anyone related to the person...

September 2020 Use Case Onboardings

02.10.2020

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MiHIN is pleased to announce the following organizations have onboarded to use cases and now sharing various types of data, statewide through the health information network. To learn more about a use case, click on the link provided. Affinia Health Network Receive - Medication Reconciliation Receive - Admission, Discharge, Transfer Notifications Ascension Geneys Hospital Send - Ambulatory CCDA/Summary of Care Ascension St. Joseph Hospital Send - Ambulatory CCDA/Summary of Care Ascension St. Mary Hospital Send - Ambulatory CCDA/Summary of Care Curative Labs Inc. Send – Statewide Lab Order-Results GAP Healthcare Solutions Health Directory Receive - Admission, Discharge, Transfer Notifications Active Care Relationship Service Henry Ford Health System Active Care Relationship Service Lake Huron Medical Center (Port Huron Hospital) Send - Statewide Lab Order-Results Muskegon Pediatrics Immunization History Forecast St. Mary’s of Michigan Saginaw Send -...

New Content Package

15.9.2020

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We're making some improvements! Look for exciting new content that will be available as we roll out our new MiHIN content package. To see what's available, simply click on the links to the right or visit mihin.org > About menu > What's New options....