Title: Overview of Healthcare in the State of Michigan ‹Click on the title to begin.

Target Audience: Nurses, Physician Assistants, Physicians

Purpose/Goal:

The purpose of this educational seminar is to present an overview of healthcare in the State of Michigan, describe the current partners of the healthcare industry and their roles in streamlining healthcare delivery and identify contributions that can be made at the individual facility and provider levels to effect positive change in healthcare. Information regarding access, community oreiented primary care and suggestions for shaping health policy are discussed.

Objectives:

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Discuss the current status of healthcare in the State of Michigan.

2. Identify contributions that can be made at the individual facility and provider levels to effect positive change in healthcare.

Biography:

Kim Sibilisky has over 20 years experience in working to improve access to health care for undeserved populations throughout the nation. Currently Executive Director, Michigan Primary Care Association supervising and coordinating the activities of a statewide primary care association including grant and contract administration, health systems development and strategic thinking in improving access to care and reducing health disparities in Michigan. Previously: Deputy Director, Policy and Programs for the National Rural Health Assoc. in Kansas City, MO.; Senior Associate at CHS Phase II in Maryland and California; Center Director of the Northern Michigan Area Health Education Ctr.; Executive Director of the Alcona Health Center in Lincoln, MI. Bachelors of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College; post-graduate work at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan.

 

Accreditation Information: 1.0 Contact Hour

This educational activity has been provided by the University of Detroit Mercy McAuley School of Nursing, which is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Michigan Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.