Regional Efforts to Educate on Risk Factors of Monkeypox Bay City, Michigan, August 9, 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has been tracking cases of monkeypox that have been reported in countries where the disease is not endemic including the United States,...

In partnership with MDHHS and the Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority, MiHIA is pleased to host the Region 5 PQC Data Meeting! Join us on July 27 as MDHHS epidemiologists present updated infant and maternal health data for Michigan as a whole, as well as...

We are pleased to announce that Alyson McCloy has recently accepted the role of Executive Administration & Operations Assistant, effective July 5, 2022. In her role, Alyson will be focused on providing support for various MiHIA committees, staff efforts and...

Covenant HealthCare and THRIVE Launch Stillbirth Prevention Campaign in the Region with Michigan’s First Count the Kicks® Campaign An innovative and simple tool for monitoring babies in the third trimester of pregnancy is coming to the region with a track record of...

April 21, 2022 – For 15 years, the Michigan Health Improvement Alliance has been positively impacting health and economic sustainability in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Most recently, this has been driven through the THRIVE framework: Transforming Health Regionally in...

Monday, April 18, 2022 - The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc. (MiHIA) is seeking an Executive Administration and Operations Assistant whose primary function is to assist the Chief Operations Officer (COO) in organizational compliance and the effective,...

FREELAND, MICHIGAN, December 6, 2021 – The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc., also known as MiHIA, today announced four new members who will join the board of directors and support the efforts and vision of the organization to improve health outcomes of...

FREELAND, MICHIGAN, December 1, 2021 – The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc., also known as MiHIA, today announced the appointment of Heidi Tracy as the organization’s new chief executive officer, effective December 13, 2021. Tracy’s nomination is...

FREELAND, MICHIGAN, October 26, 2021 – The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc., also known as MiHIA, along with community partners advancing the THRIVE Portfolio of work, have expanded efforts supporting maternal and infant health outcomes in the region. The...

October 5, 2020 – The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc., also known as MiHIA, today announced that Mark Kato, DHA will take over the role of interim chief executive officer, effective immediately. Elizabeth Sorenson Prince has elected to take a new role and...

FREELAND, MICHIGAN, September 17, 2021 – In recognition of World Patient Safety Day and the organization’s commitment to Zero Harm in the region, THRIVE is excited to announce several milestones in the ongoing work to reduce adverse drug events and support patient...

FREELAND, MI, June 22, 2021 – The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc. is proud to announce the rollout of additional tools aimed at advancing community knowledge of needs and progress in the broader Great Lakes Bay Region. The MiHIA Dashboard 4.0 creates a...

MiHIA is pleased to announce a new member will be joining the team. Andrea Foster has recently accepted the role of executive coordinator, effective June 7, 2021. In her role, she will be focused on providing support for various MiHIA committees, staff efforts and...

FREELAND, MICHIGAN, April 6, 2021 – As part of a broad effort to advance patient safety in the region, the THRIVE Patient Safety Taskforce announced that the first year of Zero Harm metrics is now available from regional health systems comparing our local data to...

From The Saginaw News (MLive) "The QRT is funded by a $199,703 Michigan Opioid Data to Action initiative grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance...

On March 5, 2021, MiHIA Board Chair and THRIVE Senior Fellow Dr. Catherine Baase spoke to a group of national stakeholders on addressing the social determinants of health through multi-sector collaboration. View a replay of the webcast here.

Covenant HealthCare was one of the first two Precision Nutrition pilots in the country thanks to help from Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc. and THRIVE. The groundbreaking technology from DayTwo analyzes the unique population of microbes found in the human...

MiHIA is looking for a talented individual to join our team! ABOUT THE ROLE This critical role will help build capacity for MiHIA and our role as the backbone for the THRIVE Portfolio. We are searching for an experienced, reliable, and outcome focused individual with...

On Tuesday, January 19, the U.S. Surgeon General released Community Health and Economic Prosperity (CHEP): Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders – A Report of the Surgeon General. The first of its kind, the comprehensive report calls out the important link between health and community success and aligns with a a majority of the THRIVE Portfolio.

The region gained 112 mental health providers from 2018 to 2019 in an effort to address a mental health provider shortage, with gains seen across four counties and all provider types. Read more about this effort here from THRIVE.