MU Helped Us Grow Up: How Spectrum Health Matured, Became Clinically Integrated

Michael Kramer, MD, MBA, SVP and Chief Quality (and Informatics) Officer, and JoAnn Riggins, DO, MBA, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Spectrum Health. Throughout the Meaningful Use journey, Spectrum Health has been challenged with significant growth in affiliate hospitals and a Medical Group of more than 800 members. The enterprise has developed integrated skills in leadership, governance redesign, change management and data management in order to successfully achieve the functionality and advanced practice required by Meaningful Use. The health plan became a key component during the development of a patient portal. Spectrum is now positioned to truly integrate care across the continuum and transition our patients through multiple levels of care depending on their needs. Meaningful Use created structure, raised the bar, and became the facilitator for “meaningful change.” This teleconference is part of the SI-Cerner Users Collaborative.