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Inform
Research & report critical issues facing Michigan's health care workforce.
Connect
Bring together stakeholders to achieve meaningful results.
Create
Develop innovative, effective and sustainable products & services.
Domains of Work
01.
Pipeline K-12
Michigan’s kids are our future health care workforce. To capture their attention today, we serve as the Michigan HOSA headquarters with more than 5,000 students from over 100 chapters in virtually all counties. Regional, state, and national competitions offer an exciting way to teach our future health leaders the importance of teamwork, professionalism, and technical expertise. Because we find that 65% of our students ultimately work as health professionals, we are considering ways to expand our success by serving elementary and middle school students.
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Clinical Education
The first-hand, context-based learning provided by employers to future health professionals offers a bridge between education and practice. However, it requires expert organization to efficiently and effectively utilize available rotations and ensure strong compliance with all organizational policies. We built a product with partners primarily in southeast Michigan to address many of these concerns for almost 70% of nursing students in Michigan. Now we are striving to increase the quality of rotations by offering interprofessional education opportunities and broaden our network in other states.
03.
Workforce Capacity
Demand for care is increasing while the projected supply of health professionals lags behind. To bolster supply, we emphasize the importance of building health professional capacity. Examples include: supporting new members of the care team like Community Health Workers and serving as an affordable and effective sourcing tool to support the recruiting needs of employers in diverse settings and communities.
04.
Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice
Interprofessional collaboration is a process for communication and decision-making that enables separate and shared knowledge and skills of different care providers to synergistically influence the care provided through changed attitudes and behaviors, all the while emphasizing patient-centered goals and values. We help practice managers and other change agents implement this type of teamwork by profiling sites with success stories, offering facilitation services, and fundraising for pilot tests.
05.
Primary Care
Shifting from a sick care system to a culture of health requires a greater focus on primary care. Our goal is to promote health models that deliver the right care, at the right place, and at the right time. We published our latest findings from a discussion with 120 industry leaders to show why this shift requires more than just checking boxes to become a medical home.
06.
Social Determinants of Health
Forty percent of health outcomes can be attributed to social and economic factors. Many groups spread across Michigan are working to connect their community members with non-medical needs like access to food, affordable housing, and quality education. However, we find that these groups are searching for ways to collaborate and communicate across communities. Our quarterly workgroup offers opportunities for health plans, hospitals, academics, community resource providers, and researchers to start thinking statewide about common issues that impact every community.
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Frequently asked questions
What do you do?
The Michigan Health Council is a Michigan-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating a culture of health with health professionals at the heart of the delivery system. Our mission is to build health professional capacity by offering innovative products and services across six domains of work.
What is a "Culture of Health"?
A "Culture of Health" is one in which: good health flourishes across geographic, demographic and social sectors; attaining great health is not only possible, but valued by our entire society; collaborative effort occurs between businesses, government, individuals, and organizations in order to build healthy communities; social determinants of health are addressed so that everyone has access to affordable, quality health care because it is essential to maintain, or reclaim, health; the economy is less burdened by excessive and unwarranted health care spending.
How long have you been in business?
72 years. We were founded July 16, 1943 by a joint effort of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Michigan State Medical Society and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Do you participate in licensing and regulation of health care professionals?
No, please visit The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) website at http://www.michigan.gov/lara for full information regarding health care professional licensing in Michigan.
Is MHC part of the State of Michigan Government?
No. However, we often partner with the state government, specifically the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.
What kind of services do you offer?
We offer a wide variety of services, from grant writing, to programming, to partnering with you on developing a new product or service, our goal is to create a culture of health in Michigan. Learn more at mhc.org/services
Meet the team
Melanie Brim
President and CEO
Craig Donahue
Vice President and COO
Lynn Sammartino
Finance Director
Stacie Longwell Sadowski
Stakeholder Engagement
and Developmental Specialist
Drew Murray
Executive Director,
Michigan Primary Care Consortium
Stacy Gradowski
Director, ACEMAPP
Ajay Arumugam
Director, Information Technology
Mark Burley
Director, Michigan HOSA
Rachel Bunnell
Program Coordinator, ACEMAPP
Brenda Mazuca
Program Support
Ana Hornburg
Communications Specialist
Mitch Dodge
Web Developer
Jacob Farr
Web Developer
June Castonguay
Program Coordinator,
Michigan Primary Care Consortium
Zak Weston
Program Coordinator, ACEMAPP
Katie Marentette
Program Associate, ACEMAPP
Alexee Rhodes
Executive Assistant
Testimonials
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“ACEMAPP is a valued resource for our clients. Michigan Health Council’s customer service is superb and their staff is knowledgable. It has been a pleasure working with them.”
Sue Zagula, RN, BSN – Director of Placement Services, The Center for Health Affairs
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My program’s partnership with E2P helped a Federally Qualified Health Center in Flint connect oral with physical health assessments during new patient visits, follow-up appointments, and care planning. Their team helped us win a $1.3 million federal grant for start-up funding, prepare the practice for the project by training facilitators and evaluators, and convene regular meetings to monitor progress.
Christine Farrell – Oral Health Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
contact information
Address
2410 Woodlake Drive, Okemos, MI 48864
Phone
(517) 347-3332
Hours
Mon - Fri: 08:00am - 5:00pm