•  2011 Michigan HIT Innovation & Leadership Awards
The Michigan Health Information Technology (HIT) Commission was created in Michigan law with the charge "to facilitate and promote the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of an interoperable health care information infrastructure in this state." With this charge in mind, the HIT Commission is instituting the 2011 Health Information Technology Innovation & Leadership Awards to acknowledge and promote groundbreaking use of technology in Michigan's health care system.

The goal of the 2011 Health Information Technology Innovation & Leadership Awards is to raise awareness of the use of HIT and HIE in Michigan.

There are two types of awards: the Michigan HIT Commission Innovation Award and the Michigan HIT Commission Leadership Award. The Innovation Award is designed to recognize those professionals, organizations and facilities that are utilizing HIT and HIE throughout the State of Michigan through the HIT Innovations. The Leadership Award is designed to recognize organizations, individuals or associations that have facilitated, advocated or supported the advancement of HIT and HIE in Michigan.

Key dates for the 2011 HIT Awards: Feb 28 - Nominations information released; March 28 - Nominations are due; May 18-19 - Awards announced & presented at Wiring Michigan Conference held in Ypsilanti, MI - details TBA.

Please see the Application & Instructions for applying. For questions about this awards program please contact Beth Nagel at nagelb@michigan.gov or 517-241-2064.

• 2011 Eligibility Criteria

• 2011 Application & Instructions

• 2011 Key Dates

• Nomination Review and Selection