Location

Mount Pleasant, MI

Organization

Michigan Health Information Network

Title

Executive Director

What are your domains of INTEREST?

Human Services, Education, Public Health, Public Safety, Health Information Technology, Emergency Services

Do you have any OTHER domains of interest?

Smart Cities, Interoperability, FHIR

What are your domains of EXPERTISE?

Education, Public Health, Health Information Technology

Do you have any OTHER domains of expertise?

Technology, Big Data,

Share with us a short bio of yourself.

Dr. Tim Pletcher is the Executive Director of the Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN), a public and private nonprofit collaboration dedicated to improving the healthcare experience, improving quality and decreasing cost for Michigan’s people by making valuable data available at the point of care. Dr. Pletcher is also an Adjunct Research Investigator of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. Previously he was founding director for the Institute for Health and Business Insight at Central Michigan University (CMU) that provided high-end data science services to Fortune 500 companies and large organizations. Prior to joining CMU Tim was the Chief Technology Officer at a start-up corporation funded by Oracle and PSI Net that specialized in electronic commerce and customized supply chain automation. Tim started his career in the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering where he built advanced data networks, and was later recruited to the Medical Center to develop the Health Sciences Network. Tim frequently presents both regionally and nationally on topics such as Health Informatics, Advanced Analytics, Data Science, and the requirements for creating a Learning Health System. He received a Doctorate of Health Administration and a Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Central Michigan University, and received his Bachelors of Science from the University of Michigan.

Would you like to join Health IT Group?

Yes

Would you like to join the Civil Justice Technology Project Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?

Yes