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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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IHPI Brief: Telehealth Use in Michigan During COVID-19 Primary care telehealth visits versus in-person primary care visits

Variation in Primary Care Telehealth Adoption and Its Impact on Emergency Department Use and Hospitalizations

U-M researchers analyze the relationship between virtual care adoption among primary care practices and emergency department visits or hospitalizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IHPI's 676 experts represent an ever-growing range of healthcare research and policy expertise

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John Piette, Ph.D., M.S.
Chronic illness management through mobile technology
Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes, Ph.D.
Orthopedic quality improvement
Howard Markel
Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D.
Pandemic preparedness, history of medicine
John Wei
John Wei, M.D.
Urologic and prostate cancer quality of life outcomes
Cohen-Mekelburg, Shirley
Shirley Cohen-Mekelburg, M.D., M.S.
Chronic disease management and care coordination
Chris Liu
Xuefeng (Chris) Liu, Ph.D., M.S.
Statistical modeling of issues in health and nursing sciences
Barbara Israel
Barbara Israel, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Social determinants of health and community capacity building
Chris Friese
Christopher Friese, Ph.D., R.N., AOCN, FAAN
Cancer care quality and nursing
Jeremy Sussman
Jeremy Sussman, M.D., M.Sc.
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention, treatment, and decision-making

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As the nation’s largest university-based group of health services researchers, IHPI faculty are applying their diverse research and policy expertise to address the Coronavirus pandemic. The compilation of that work and expertise will be updated on this page frequently - check back often. 

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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