FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Bonnie Caprara
Sept. 17, 2009
(586) 899-5718
bcaprara@wowway.com
CHANGESCAPE GRANTED SW MICH HIE GRANT EXTENTION; HOLDS PHYSICIAN IT CONFERENCE
OCT. 22
ChangeScape, Inc., a Birmingham-based
healthcare business solutions firm, was
awarded a grant from
the
Michigan Department of Community Health
to develop a health information exchange
(HIE) for the Southwest Michigan region. The grant was originally
scheduled to expire Oct. 1, but has been
extended to Feb. 28, 2010.
This grant, initially awarded in
September 2008, is one of nine grants
issued to various regions of
the state to develop
business and technology plans to
electronically connect
hospitals,
physicians, allied health professionals
and community health agencies.
“We’re happy with
MDCH’s decision to extend this grant,”
ChangeScape president and CEO Mindy
Richards said. “There have been many
changes in technology and funding
options since we started this project
last September. Now, we’ll be able to
design and propose
the
most efficient business and
infrastructure models for
the
region.”
“We are so pleased
with the
work of ChangeScape in
the Southwest region
and beyond, and we look forward to
their continued input
and work as an integral part of
the
State’s HIE initiatives on a go-forward
basis,” said Beth Nagel, MDCH health
information technology manager.
Related to
the
work on the
HIE work in Southwest Michigan,
ChangeScape, in conjunction with
the
Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN)
Resource Center, is organizing the Southwest Michigan Physician IT Summit. The Summit, which will be held Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in
Kalamazoo, will provide
physicians in
Southwest Michigan
with practical information and advice
for implementing electronic health
records systems in
their practices.
“We are happy to
support ChangeScape's physician
education efforts in Southwest Michigan
toward the
end of electronic adoption for
the State of
Michigan's physicians,” said
Denise Holmes, executive director of
the MiHIN
Resource
Center.
For more information
about ChangeScape, the Southwest Michigan HIE initiatives or the Southwest Michigan Physician IT Summit, visit
www.changescapeinc.com or
www.mihealthelink.org or call
ChangeScape at (248) 561-5063.
