HIEs Sharing Behavioral Data

Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services, a federally funded, state-designated entity, has taken steps to support the secure sharing of behavioral health information. PCE Systems has signed legal papers to become a "virtually qualified data sharing organization" through the network, called MiHIN. This will allow regional HIEs in the state to link their networks-through MIHIN-to behavioral health and substance abuse treatment providers connected to PCE's data exchange. The Upper Peninsula Health Information Exchange will pilot the new service; it covers about 16,400 square miles with more than 900 medical and ancillary providers.