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.

Those taking five or more prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, or supplements concurrently can be at risk for serious combined side effects. Dr. Catherine Baase, MiHIA Board Chairperson and THRIVE Senior Fellow and Dr. Sasha Savage, THRIVE's Chief Health...

The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc., also known as MiHIA, today announced that Beth Sorenson Prince will assume the role of chief executive officer, effective October 19, 2020.

Larry Daly Director of Planning & Business Development/Patient Experience/Community Health/Ambulatory Network Operations In what roles have you worked with MiHIA over the years? It is rewarding for me to work with so many smart and dedicated people as part of...

Implicit bias is the unconscious and negative stereotyping of a group of people. It is the culmination of what society directly and indirectly teaches its children and chooses to continue as social conditioning. This negative bias has routine unintended negative...

The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc. (MiHIA) Chief Executive Officer’s provides visionary and strategic leadership of the mature backbone organization to achieve transformational improvement in the health and well-being of the multi-county MiHIA region fully...

The 11th Annual Regional Health Conference, titled “The Region's Health and Health Care Systems: Communities Achieving Excellence and Moving Upstream,” was held at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) on Jan. 24. Coordinated by the Mid Central Michigan Area Health...

Have you heard about MiHIA’s 14-county Regional Community Health Needs Assessment (RCHNA)? As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, every three years, all not-for-profit hospitals are required to conduct a community health needs assessment...

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are severe childhood traumas that can result in toxic stress, causing harm to a child's brain. Children that experience trauma may have poor concentration, heightened aggression and anxiety. This toxic stress may make it difficult...

One of MiHIA’s comprehensive initiatives is the Region 5 Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PQC). Connected to THRIVE’s Phase 1 interventions of Prenatal, Infant, and Maternal Health, this area is one of the most active in population health improvement efforts in our...

MiHIA and its partners are working hard on forging a path out of Michigan’s opioid crisis. Affecting all communities, all ages, and all socio-economic strata, relieving our communities of the destruction the misuse of opioids is causing is a matter of utmost...

Two thought leaders and change agents will headline a regional health conference at Saginaw Valley State University Friday, Jan. 24. This eleventh annual conference, titled “The Region's Health and Health Care Systems: Communities Achieving Excellence and Moving...