Health Care Delivery

CHRT produces issue and survey briefs on a wide range of health and health care topics. including hospital and health system costs in the Midwest, the prevalence of mental health disorders and challenges with access to mental health providers, changes in health care coverage and access to care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the effects of the ACA on employers in Michigan, Michigan consumers’ satisfaction with health care coverage, prescription opioid use in Michigan, and more. 

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Learning Health for Michigan: The Path Forward

In the United States, health care purchasers, consumers, and policymakers are demanding improvements in the quality and efficiency of medical care. A promising approach to meet this demand is the development of what is known as a learning health system (LHS). A learning health system has the capability to continuously study and improve itself. Among many types of benefits it can bring about, the learning health system makes it possible for providers to make faster and better decisions about which treatment options would produce the best outcomes for patients. Today, the Michigan-based stakeholder initiative, Learning Health for Michigan (LH4M), is…