MichiganHealthIT

MIBridges, formerly referred to as the Integrated Service Delivery Portal, is designed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and launched in 2018 to help Michiganders apply for benefits, manage their benefits, and connect with resources. It can be accessed on a computer, tablet, or mobile phone from anyplace and at anytime. MIBridges is available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.

MDHHS collaborated with the behavioral and physical health plans and Optum, a technology partner, to develop CareConnect 360 (CC360). The goal of CC360 is to improve care coordination and management for Medicaid beneficiaries and children in foster care by integrating data across care providers. CC360 provides Medicaid providers with real-time information for care coordination purposes, decreasing the reliance on claims data stored in CHAMPS. Care providers can log into CC360 through MILogin. CareConnect 360 also helps the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Health Plans identify and analyze aggregate health trends in the Medicaid population.

MILogin is an enterprise‐wide single sign‐on and identity and access management solution which enables the State of Michigan to establish, manage, and authenticate user identities for Web and Mobile information technology systems. MILogin utilizes robust Identity Proofing and Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) capabilities to ensure secure access to sensitive and protected citizens’ information. MILogin accesses various state applications and systems related to Medicaid and other benefit programs, including CHAMPS (Medicaid claims processing), Bridges/MI Bridges (E&E), and MiSACWIS. It serves as an enterprise solution for Medicaid users, serving beneficiaries, providers, health plans/entities, and State staff.

The Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR) is an immunization database that documents immunizations given to Michiganders. MCIR was created in 1998 to collect reliable immunization information for children and make it accessible to authorized users. A 2006 change to the Michigan Public Health Code enabled the MCIR to transition from a childhood immunization registry to a lifespan registry including citizens of all ages in the MCIR. Health care providers are required to report ALL immunizations administered to every child born after December 31, 1993 and less than 20 years of age within 72 hours of administration.

The Syndromic Surveillance project is designed and implemented to facilitate public health rapid detecting and response to unusual outbreaks of illness that may be the result of bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious disease or other public health threats and emergencies. Real time detection of a notable increase in patients presenting for care with similar symptoms allows public health officials and providers to detect outbreaks early and respond with appropriate public health intervention quickly to minimize negative impact. Real-time chief complaint data is received from over 200 Michigan facilities and MSSS analyzes data from over 5 million emergency and urgent care visits annually. The system provides tools that include automatic data collection, automatic aberration detection algorithms and tools that support temporal and spatial data analysis and visualization. De-identified MSSS data is shared with the CDC’s National Syndromic Surveillance program for additional analysis and monitoring for national public health concerns.

The Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS) is a web-based system that allows for the electronic capture of disease data for the tracking and case management of communicable disease. MDSS has the ability to receive electronic case reports using HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA). It has been developed to national data standards including Logical Data Model, Public Health Information Network, and the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System.

The Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program (MCSP) was originally created following the Michigan legislature’s 1984 piece of legislation requiring the department to “establish a registry to record cases of cancer and other precancerous diseases that occur in the state, and to record information concerning these cases as the department considers necessary and appropriate in order to conduct epidemiologic surveys of cancer and cancer-related diseases in the state.”

The Michigan Birth Defects Registry was established as a statewide reporting system in 1992 to develop statistical data on birth defects; to conduct birth defect surveillance; to conduct studies of birth defect causes and prevention; and to insure the families of children with birth defects receive appropriate support services.

In April 2014, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS implemented statewide screening of all Michigan newborns for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) using pulse oximetry prior to hospital discharge. The Michigan Newborn Screening Program includes a statewide, specialized public health registry where eligible Michigan hospitals with a birthing facility may elect to report the results of the electronic HL7 pulse oximetry screening for CCCHD in a standard format.

Eligible hospitals with a birthing facility may submit live birth and fetal death information to the Michigan Birth Registry. Birth and death information from Vital Records is used for legal purposes as well as for providing statistics for health research and population health management. Public health surveillance teams use this information to capture a complete set of data on newborns. Electronic reporting will assist birthing facilities by streamlining current reporting requirements and avoiding double entry of information, while improving the timeliness and quality of birth and fetal death reporting to the State of Michigan Vital Records Office.

Hospitals may contact eBirthreporting.Help@altarum.org or 734-392-4919 for assistance with reporting to the electronic Michigan Birth Registry.

The Michigan Health Information Technology (“Health IT”) Commission was created by Public Act 137 of 2006. The Health IT Commission is housed within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The Commission’s mission is to facilitate and promote the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of an interoperable health care information infrastructure in Michigan.