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Jim Lee, vice president of data policy and analytics at the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.

Data sharing among health providers boosts Michigan’s pandemic response

Beyond the color-coded counties and line graphs we've all seen, data sharing has helped Michigan's many health providers better understand and respond to the pandemic.

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Meet the restoration team reviving the community’s most historical artifacts damaged by the flood

A team from both DFD Documents Restoration Services and Art Recovery Technologies came to Midland in May to recover artifacts and other items from the Herbert D. Doan History Center and Heritage Park. Here is the story of the restoration process.

An Olympic bobsled prototype created in Bay City was tested in Lake Placid, N.Y., last winter.
Bay City company meets an Olympic-size challenge

Gougeon Brothers and the Saginaw Bay Community Sailing Association are lending a hand to the U.S. Olympic Bobsled/Skeleton team.

City Assessor Wade Slivik designed a postcard to send tax information to property owners. The postcard has saved the city $50,000 since 2017.
New format for tax bills saves Bay City thousands of dollars

Since City Assessor Wade Slivik designed a post card format for tax bills in 2017, the city has saved about $50,000 on paper and postage.

Dr. Lydia Watson on MidMichigan Health welcoming patients back with added safety measures

Lydia Watson, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer at MidMichigan Health on how the hospital has resumed normal operations and kept patient safety top of mind.

Arbor Circle therapist Marvin Mckenzie simulates a telehealth visit with a colleague.
Telehealth use surges in Michigan during pandemic, with “tremendous” benefits

Health care visits conducted by phone or videoconference had slowly started to catch on in Michigan in recent years, but now they're the safest way for health care providers to meet with their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local organizations set their sights on long-term COVID-19 needs

United Way of Midland County and 211 of Northeast Michigan are two of the organizations helping tackle the long-term needs of people impacted by COVID-19.

MidMichigan Health nurse designs a face mask that allows the hearing-impaired to read lips

Like many others, Sarah Bloomfield, a hospice nurse for MidMichigan Home Care at the Woodland Hospice House in Mt. Pleasant, has been making face masks to protect herself during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, her masks aren't like others you may see since they are designed so the hearing-impaired can still lip-read.  

Dow shifted production at five plants globally, allowing them to produce more than more than 200 metric tons of sanitizer.
Local efforts to supply critical COVID-19 materials in the Great Lakes Bay Region ramp up

Efforts to supply needed materials for COVID-19 ramp up in the Great Lakes Bay Region, with over 10,000 PPE materials distributed in the past week among many milestones.

Local efforts ramp up to supply critical COVID-19 materials in the Great Lakes Bay Region

Efforts to supply needed materials for COVID-19 ramp up in the Great Lakes Bay Region, with over 10,000 PPE materials distributed in the past week among many milestones.

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