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Our institute is driven to find real-world solutions to the many challenges facing our nation’s healthcare system.

IHPI’s 600+ faculty experts collaborate across the University of Michigan and beyond to improve the quality, safety, equity, and affordability of healthcare.

We conduct timely, relevant health services research, and we translate, share, and implement evidence and insights in ways that transform healthcare policy and practice. We do this work in partnership with healthcare providers, policymakers, patients, and communities.

Together, IHPI members are advancing our understanding of healthcare to help people live longer and healthier lives.

Read some of the significant stories, articles, publications, and reports,and our top policy and practice highlights from 2019 featuring IHPI and our members. 

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Medicaid Expansion in Michigan: Findings from the First Five Years of the Healthy Michigan Plan

The University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation (IHPI) has been conducting an independent evaluation of HMP for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This effort is led by IHPI director John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., along with an interdisciplinary team of researchers across multiple departments at the University of Michigan.

This brief highlights findings on the impact of HMP in its first 5 years. 

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IHPI's 654 experts represent an ever-growing range of healthcare research and policy expertise

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Hirth, Richard
Richard Hirth, Ph.D., M.A.
Health economics, costs and quality of care in kidney disease
Steven Erickson
Steven Erickson, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy services and appropriate medication use
Edward Norton
Edward Norton, Ph.D.
Health economics across aging and long-term care
Philip Zazove
Philip Zazove, M.D., M.M., M.S.
Disability health, deafness and healthcare, continuous quality improvement
Aditya Pandey
Aditya Pandey, M.D.
Stroke treatment and outcomes
Jennifer Shah M.D.
Jennifer Shah, M.D.
Clinical trial enrollment and retention
Deborah Levine
Deborah Levine, M.D., M.P.H.
Chronic disease care, stroke care and outcomes, health disparities
Kayvan Najarian
Kayvan Najarian, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Computer-assisted clinical support systems
Marita Titler
Marita Titler, FAAN, M.A., Ph.D., R.N.
Translation/implementation science, outcomes effectiveness research with older adults

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IHPI's Top Policy and Practice Insights for 2018

IHPI's Top Policy and Practice Insights

Read some of the significant stories, articles, publications, and reports from 2019 featuring IHPI and our members.
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We are Innovators...and Innovation Builds the Future

The University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation is a place where intellectual energy and passion for improving public health converge. It’s a vibrant home for health services researchers from multiple disciplines to collaborate and tackle some of the toughest issues in health and health care.

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