Michigan HIEs set to merge

Beth Walsh | | Health Exec | Informatics

Michigan's two largest health information exchanges plan to merge, creating one of the largest such organizations in the country, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

Michigan Health Connect, based in Grand Rapids, and Great Lakes Health Information Exchange of East Lansing in October announced an agreement to share data. At that time, the organizations said members included 3,000 physician offices and 96 hospitals. Both exchanges were set up in 2009.

 

 

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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.

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