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Welcome to the Michigan Child Health Equity Collaborative (Mi-CHEC)!
Welcome to the Michigan Child Health Equity Collaborative (Mi-CHEC)!
Mi-CHEC is a quality collaborative of the three largest pediatric hospitals in Michigan: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Michigan, and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. Mi-CHEC, funded in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, is designed to engage these hospitals in identifying and measuring any variations in the quality of care that might exist within the organizations. Mi-CHEC facilitates the sharing of topics for investigation, research methods, data, and quality improvement strategies across the member hospitals to support this process. If a variation in the quality of care is verified through a rigorous process, Mi-CHEC will work in a collaborative fashion across the hospitals to develop and implement specific quality improvement interventions.
How we define health inequity
How we define health inequity
The obvious goal is to provide the best possible care to all children, and yet we know there is variation in the quality of that care. Children who differ in some characteristics may enter the hospital or doctor’s office and be responded to differently due to one or more of those characteristics. In other words, these children may experience a health inequity. We define health inequities as generally inside the control of health-care systems or individual providers.
The obvious goal is to provide the best possible care to all children, and yet we know there is variation in the quality of that care. Children who differ in some characteristics may enter the hospital or doctor’s office and be responded to differently due to one or more of those characteristics. In other words, these children may experience a health inequity. We define health inequities as generally inside the control of health-care systems or individual providers.
How we are funded
How we are funded
We are funded in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), whose mission is to provide services and administer programs to improve the health, safety and prosperity of Michigan residents. The vision of MDHHS is to deliver health and opportunity to all Michiganders, reducing intergenerational poverty and promoting health equity.
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