Michigan HIEs set to merge
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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