MiHIN is sunsetting their Making Choices Michigan (MCM) work in Advance Care Planning (ACP) training, individual and group ACP facilitation and workgroups to help advance the practice of ACP training and Advance Care Document (ACD) completion in Michigan.
As part of this change, MiHIN compiled a whitepaper to identify ways to improve the robustness of advance care planning in our state, together with their stakeholders and partners at Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the HIT Commission. This white paper outlines the six most prominent and agreed-upon solutions to increasing the documentation and interoperability of ACDs, as identified by Michigan’s healthcare professionals.
This allows MiHIN to focus on the ACP role that they can do best — delivering value in the meaningful exchange of health data to support serious illness care. MiHIN will concentrate on the completion and movement of patient advocate designations and information to support care teams in serious illness conversations through our Advance Care Document (ACD) use case. Other organizations in the state will continue to provide training, including MyMichigan (see their offerings in the training list at the end of this newsletter).
MiHIN is proud of the work that they have accomplished together with the Michigan community. The MiHIN Making Choice Michigan website will be retired by 10/1/2023. They will continue, however, to provide the access to multilingual materials such as the Advance Directive – Durable Power of Attorney for Health care (Patient Advocate Designation) and Patient Advocate Guide which can help individuals and organizations support choice-making in serious illness conversations. Questions about the change can be addressed to lisa.nicolaou@mihin.org.
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