b'funding for employers is being used to pilotThis project has also expanded programs thatWe dont treat patients. We Michigans innovative Tri-Share programanprovide access to healthy, locally produced foods approach that splits childcare costs betweenby partnering with the Michigan Farmers Marketstrengthen the systems that do.employers, employees, and the state. Association to increase the number of pop-up local food markets at senior centers, churches, schools, MiHIAs strategic approach is not just about facilitiesand food pantries in the region. By increasingData-Driven Advocacy and fundingits about creating a system whereparticipation in community supported agricultureand Systems Changefamilies thrive, businesses grow, and children areprograms, this project helps bring locally grown nurtured in safe, enriching environments. As theseasonal produce to convenient pickup locations. ARM4Healthinitiative gains momentum, Bay City is emergingManaging medications can be overwhelming,initiative, MiHIAs Patient Safety Taskforce facilitated as a model for how communities can respond toTogether, these efforts ensure that residents inespecially for older adults juggling multiplea collaborative effort that transformed competition childcare challenges with innovation, collaboration,rural northeast Michigan have access to fresh,prescriptions. Through the Achieving the Rightinto partnership, uniting hospitals around a mission and heart. locally grown produce while building strongerMedications (ARM) for Health initiative, clinicalto reduce infections, falls, and other adverse events.Fresh Food Access in NEMI connections between farms, families, andpharmacists were integrated into primary care In Northeast Michigan (NEMI), students are learningclassrooms. With continued investment, the NEMIteams to improve safety, reduce risks, and supportThe taskforce convened leaders from employers where their food comes fromand eating healthierHealthy Food Initiative is poised to reduce healthbetter health outcomes across the region.and health systems to review LeapFrog patient disparities and create lasting impact across thesafety grades and explore best practices. Together, because of it. The NEMI Healthy Food Initiativenortheast region. Funded by a nearly $500,000 grant from thethey focused on four strategic pillars: reimagining connects schools with local farms through FarmMichigan Health Endowment Fund, with MiHIAprimary care, optimizing electronic medical record to School programs, bringing fresh produce andserving as fiscal agent, ARM4Health united partners(EMR) portals, strengthening emotional intelligence agricultural education into classrooms across theincluding Meijer, hospital pharmacies,CMUamong care teams, and establishing a Learning region. With $284,870 in funding from the MichiganCollege of Medicine, and Great Lakes Bay HealthConsortium.Health Endowment Fund and $49,977 from the USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program,Centers. Practitioners and care teams participatedThrough the Learning Consortium, developed these projects strengthen local food systems,in sessions focused on safer prescribing andwith LeapFrog and leading hospital systems, expand produce prescription efforts, and promotedeprescribing, guided by the AGS Beers Criteria foradministrators engaged peers nationwide to learn food access in rural communities. adults 65 and older.how others reduced rates of CLABSI, CAUTI, and MiHIA serves as the fiscal agent and played aBy embedding pharmacists into care teams, thetraumatic falls. These insights shaped a regional key role in identifying the experts who lead itsprogram strengthened clinical decision-makingaction plan presented to participating hospitals in implementation. Their leadership created a Healthyand protected vulnerable populations fromFebruary 2024.Food for Northeast Michigan Health Network adverse drug events. The initiative offered clarityMiHIAs role as convener catalyzed this cross-made up of representatives from health careand confidence in managing complex medicationinstitutional effort, fostering a culture of shared providers, senior centers, schools, farmers andregimens and laid the groundwork for smarter,learning and continuous improvement. Beyond growers, farmers markets, food policy councils,safer prescribing practices across the region. improving patient outcomes, the initiative revealed and othersto coordinate efforts across northeastPatient Safety Taskforce a critical financial benefit: reducing preventable Michigan to identify, pilot, and expand ways toharm can save health systems millions annually in support a healthy food environment. SterlingHospital administrators from MyMichigan, McLaren,avoidable treatment costs, penalties, and extended Area Health Center and Thunder Bay CommunityCovenant, Ascension, Great Lakes Bay Healthstays. The strategies developed continue guiding Health Service are among the key partners drivingCenters, and Sterling Area Health Center assembledhospitals in implementing safer practices and this initiative, bringing vital guidance and deepwith a shared goal: eliminating preventable harmbuilding more sustainable, high-performing care community engagement to the collaborative. and improving patient safety across the Great Lakesenvironments.Bay Region. Under the banner of the Zero Harm10 2022-2025 MiHIA Impact Report 2022-2025 MiHIA Impact Report 11'