In 2025, CHRT’s Health Strategies and Innovation team did more than advance strategy – CHRT and our partners helped translate big ideas like the Community Information Exchange (CIE) and integrated care into real-world progress. From supporting regional partners on the ground to navigating the realities of building interoperable referral and CIE infrastructure, the team stayed focused on what matters: making systems work better for people. What stands out is not just the progress made, but the persistence, partnership, and community voice that shaped every step forward.
This is a statewide initiative that laid the groundwork for how Michigan coordinates across health care and community-based services, improving care coordination, and supporting more seamless experiences for individuals. The initiative connected key state partners to build shared referral pathways, governance structures, and data practices.
In 2025, the final year of the initiative, CHRT again convened the Regional Health Collaborative Learning Network, facilitating cross-region learning and sharing opportunities. CHRT also supported cross-region evaluation efforts through shared metrics and reporting. At a local level, CHRT served as the backbone organization for Mi Community Care in Washtenaw and Livingston counties.
Participating Regional Health Collaboratives are more connected and have a stronger understanding of how to work together across regions, which helps them refine their approaches. These efforts also surfaced practical insights from implementation that are informing broader conversations.
Applied CHRT Services: Learning network facilitation, backbone support, evaluation
of Michigan’s population covered by participating RHCs
million screenings conducted between 2021–2025
Abstract accepted to American Journal of Public Health
This project builds real-world information sharing between healthcare and community-based organizations. It is helping to identify what works in practice, highlight key barriers, and establish priorities to support sustainable collaboration.
In the project's first year, CHRT served as a backbone and technical assistance partner. CHRT facilitated pilots using test data, allowing partners to safely explore how information can be shared without using real patient data while consent and data-sharing policies continue to be developed. CHRT also conducted a focused analysis of regional entities and documented early learnings.
The work is providing greater clarity on the roles, functions, and level of readiness needed to support cross-sector data sharing. Ongoing pilot activities are helping to identify how referral workflows may function and are surfacing key legal, policy, and operational barriers that inform early state and partner discussions.
Services: Backbone support, pilot facilitation, strategic planning
intermediary organizations interviewed
counties served by statewide resource network
of adults nationally report at least one health-related social need
The Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) is a cross-sector collaborative focused on improving health and well-being in Washtenaw County. In 2025, WHI prioritized Health and Social Service Integration (HSSI), bringing together providers and community organizations to strengthen coordination between health care and social services.
CHRT staffed and facilitated the Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI), which leads a Health and Social Service Integration (HSSI) effort. In 2025, the WHI convened health care providers, behavioral health leaders, and community-based organizations to explore opportunities for stronger coordination and system alignment at the 2025 Health and Social Service Integration Summit.
HSSI convenings helped strengthen relationships across sectors that often operate independently. These discussions clarified shared priorities for integration and identified opportunities to improve coordination. MiCC discussions about service line expansion, together with momentum from the HSSI Summit, gave rise to the “Community Care Hub Exploratory Taskforce”.
Services: Backbone support, stakeholder engagement, systems integration planning
summit attendees from 6 different sectors
meetings of the taskforce
organizations participating in the taskforce
