In the 1960’s, during a time of significant strife around civil rights, and while attempting to draw attention to the realities of racism, Dr. Martin Luther King said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” In the...

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...

The Michigan Public Health Week Partnership joins the American Public Health Association in celebrating National Public Health Week in April 2020 with the annual presentation of the Hometown Health Hero awards. The Hometown Health Hero award is presented to...

Saginaw, MI--The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, (MiHIA,) is pleased to announce its recent award of $414,700 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to be used to develop a strategy for comprehensive and sustainable funding and financing system for THRIVE...

It was a late October evening when an audience of 150 gathered at the State Theatre in downtown Bay City for a screening of the critically-acclaimed film: “Coming up for Air,” co-hosted by The Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance, Michigan Health Improvement Alliance,...

MiHIA and a half a dozen regional partners hosted it’s 4th Annual Live Your Life on Purpose event inspiring attendees to focus on their well-being, bring out individual strengths, and to extend their lifespan. The event specifically centered on helping attendees with...

The Board of Directors is pleased to introduce the staff members of MiHIA, who along with volunteers, are working daily with diligence and passion to achieve our Mission. We are pleased to report that we have hired the finest people available to support our mission....

The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) has been awarded a  2019 Community Health Impact grant by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund (Health Fund) to address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and to catalyze efforts on building  communities of resilience...

We’re pleased to announce that 50 organizations will receive funding through our 2019 Community Health Impact program! The funded projects align both with our mission of improving health and wellness of Michigan residents, as well as with one of our eight focus...

A healthy population doesn’t come from any one project, or even exclusively health-related initiatives and policies. Health outcomes are influenced by a range of factors that include social determinants like housing, transportation, and economic opportunity. To...

On April 8, 2019 the Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) and the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance (GLBRA) will welcome Dallas Rau as Executive Assistant for the THRIVE initiative. This newly created position is a critical role in helping to provide support...

The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) has been working to elevate the population health of the Great Lakes Bay region since 2007. In recognition of over a decade of innovative and collaborative work, MiHIA was selected to be one of just seven organizations...

In previous years, across our 14 county region, there were over a dozen different data-collection efforts, utilizing different methodologies to assess community needs, health outcomes, and barriers to creating healthy communities. 2016 cost estimates provided from...