Changescape Awarded $580,000 Grant for Health Information Exchange Planning
Birmingham - ChangeScape, Inc., a healthcare strategy firm
based in Birmingham, Mich., was awarded a $580,000 grant by
The Michigan Department of Community Health and Information
Technology to develop the technical specifications, business
plan and community support to implement a Health Information
Exchange (HIE) in Southwest Michigan in Berrien, Branch,
Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties.
This grant, effective Sept. 1, is one of two planning grants
awarded this year to promote a statewide electronic
infrastructure that will streamline the secure and
confidential electronic exchange of patient data among
healthcare providers in a faster, safer and more efficient
manner to improve the quality of care. Grants for seven
other regions in the state were awarded last year.
"We are so pleased with the grant and are looking forward to
working closely with the healthcare leadership of
“This is important work and has implications for other
regions of the state, as well.
Ultimately, when the
HIE is completed, it will dramatically improve the delivery
of healthcare services and patient safety and reduce
operational costs.” When completed, the Southwest Michigan
HIE will have the capacity to connect hospitals, physicians
and healthcare service providers within five healthcare
systems (Bronson Healthcare Group,
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