MiHIN & Native American Heritage Month

Health disparities among Native Americans are vast and persistent. Interoperability can help close that gap. Michigan is home to 12 federally recognized tribes–with approximately 200,000 tribal members in total. Data show that Native American communities face inequity...

Making Clinical Health Data Useful for Public Health

“There’s so much data,” says Joe Coyle, Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Infectious Disease Prevention (BIDP). “The question is, how do we tap into that data and utilize it best? How do we turn big data into...