A Portal for Health Information

 The Health Dashboard is a web accessible reporting solution to compare our community to others relative to health measures and the associated key performance indicators of risk targets. It is envisioned that the dashboard will emphasize different aspects of the information to serve a range of interests for multiple audiences such as community leaders, providers, consumers, public health officials, and employers. It helps monitor community health status as it

relates to economic development and the quality of life for the region. While the primary objective of the Health Dashboard is to link these together, the dashboard also provides information that motivates change and behaviors, promotes healthier lifestyle choices and improves overall health outcomes in the region. The Health Dashboard uses twenty key indicators to track health data concerning the community. These are divided into three categories: health outcomes, health-related behaviors and health systems. The information on the Health Dashboard serves as a baseline for the community to monitor the evolution of our regional health status.

Benefits of the Health Dashboard

•  Displays health data in stratified (i.e. from regional to county specific) categories that are easy to look at, interpret and understand.

•   Allows physicians and public health officials to identify high priority opportunities for interventions.

•  Highlights the region’s attractiveness as a result of current success in achieving high quality of health care.

• Supports the benefits of economic development in creating healthier communities.

• Secure access tools allow individual providers to address opportunities for continuous quality improvement using   their specific data.

• Streamlines and automates the mechanisms to capture, organize and disseminate health related quality data and metrics.

• Links to transparency and consumer education sites to provide accurate and relevant information for comparison.

The Health Dashboard is a part of the Michigan Health Information Alliance’s (MiHIA) effort to improve people’s health through the innovative use of information. MiHIA is a regional collaboration among a broad range of stakeholders that leverages health information technology to improve the quality, safety, access and cost-effectiveness of health care, while also engaging individuals in their health. The Health Dashboard is one step in MiHIA’s mission of improving people’s health.