Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 333.2505 - Commission; duties; strategic plan

The Health Information Technology Commission must do the following:

• Develop a plan to establish an interoperable system that reduces medical errors, improve the quality of care, and increase the value of care based on expenses.  The plan must include:  the development of standards for health information technology; use of evidence based medicine; measures to protect the privacy and security of health information; measures to prevent unauthorized access to information; measures to ensure accurate patient information; measures to reduce health care costs by addressing inefficiencies, the ability to identify health care priority areas, and ensure measurable outcomes. 
• Identify the main scientific, economic and technical issues affecting adoption of health information technology.
• Provide recommendations on policies that will allow further adoption of health information technology.
• Increase public awareness of health information technology.
• Identify ways to monitor community health.
• Make annual reports to the state legislature on health information technology and community health.