Through this grant, Altarum will develop statewide educational tools and provide direct assistance to providers to address consent and confidentiality regulations in order to electronically share behavioral health information among care teams. Altarum Institute...
The Calhoun County Opioid Coalition aims to reduce opioid-related fetal overdoses and establish a community opioid dashboard and resource network as a foundation for improvement efforts in Calhoun County. The coalition will employ a targeted opioid overdose education...
Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions will improve advance care planning services in the Upper Peninsula through new approaches to training and utilize existing clinical and healthcare staff. This initiative will also integrate with the health information exchange to...
This project will address community concerns within select Detroit neighborhoods and identify and mitigate existing air quality and health conditions and those that occur over time as a result of construction of the Gordie Howe Bridge in Detroit. The Michigan...
The Food Bank Council of Michigan will implement a pantry-level data collection tool, determining an updated standard for poverty assessment and mapping various contributors or barriers to access to food. Additionally, the Food Bank Council of Michigan and Grand...
The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) will create a health data dashboard to provide a central resource for health care providers, public health departments, educators, and other stakeholders in a 14 county region. MiHIA will also convene a steering...
This project conducted a community health needs assessment in the Upper Peninsula, partnering with local hospitals, and community mental health and substance abuse agencies. This is the first time data was aggregated across the U.P. rather than by county or region. ...
This project aims to strengthen Michigan’s ME system by revising the Michigan Public Health Code to create a statewide ME system. Michigan’s current ME system is county-based and lacks mandated trainings and standards, and has few qualification requirements for MEs,...
This grant supports ongoing work from Dr. Mark Edwards and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) to assist the federal, state, and local government response to the Flint water crisis. Dr. Edwards will conduct lead testing, answer...
