Last week, Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) announced that it is working closely with Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) to increase the ability to securely exchange real-time patient data.

“MiHIN is pleased to be a leader and innovator in health information exchange,” said Marty Woodruff, chief operating officer of MiHIN, in this press release. “We’re continuously working to improve health quality, efficiency and patient safety – especially now as Michigan deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goals remain the same: To improve healthcare across the state and to work and innovate more than ever to support Michigan’s health care system.”

Specifically, the HIE has amplified its patient data exchange delivery in metro Detroit at Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health System and Henry Ford Health System and plans to expand this aid statewide. In addition, MiHIN has used critical patient data to create the following reports in response to COVID-19:

• Admissions to an Emergency Department for COVID and Non-COVID

• Discharges from an Emergency Department COVID and Non-COVID

• Admission In-Patient COVID and Non-COVID

• Discharge from In-Patient COVID and Non-COVID

• ICU Admission COVID and Non-COVID

• ICU Discharge COVID and Non-COVID

The data is being used and analyzed in new ways to support the effort of cohesive care across teams. 

• MiHIN’s Active Care Relationship Service® (ACRS®) has been turned on for all hospitals across the state of Michigan.

• In conjunction with the Lab Database, MiHIN is placing indicators on the ACRS files indicating COVID-19 test results, along with the date.

• MiHIN is routing all COVID-19 lab results to the State of Michigan registry and will route results to Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health System and Henry Ford Health System.

• MiHIN is sending results, via direct secure email, back to health departments, including results, date and active care team.

This effort reinforces the value of HIT infrastructure in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how HIEs are playing a vital role in response.  Along these lines, we published a RosettaHealth podcast interview with Doug Fridsma, former President and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and former Chief Science Officer at ONC; Tim Pletcher, Executive Director of MiHIN; and Buff Colchagoff, CEO of RosettaHealth, about this topic.

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