Up Health Care Network

The Upper Peninsula Health Care Network (UPHCN) is a corporation of health care organizations formed to facilitate access to high-quality health care, at a reasonable cost. Together, UPHCN members are continuously working to provide coordinated health care delivery for residents in the Upper Peninsula and surrounding communities. The Upper Peninsul... a Health Care Network currently comprises the following members: Aspirus Grand View, Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital, Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital, Baraga County Memorial Hospital, Bell Hospital, Dickinson County Healthcare System, Helen Newberry Joy Hospital, Mackinac Straits Hospital, Munising Memorial Hospital, Northstar Health System, Portage Health, Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital, and War Memorial Hospital. The UPHCN serves the 300,000 residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Collaborative efforts among the network members include sponsorship of the Upper Peninsula Poison Crisis Network, joint purchasing, mobile MRI services, education, electronic posting of a physician directory, the U.P. Medical Library Consortium; the U.P. Teleradiology, Teleconferencing and Telemedicine Networks; a reference lab network; and the Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center . The UPHCN continues to develop an Upper Peninsula-wide integrated information systems network, to connect the U.P. hospitals, providing a cost-effective mechanism to access patient information and streamline patient-care delivery. The network has recently completed a state grant to enhance medical control authorities in the Upper Peninsula. The UPHCN Board of Trustees has decided to continue providing resources, in order to continue this initiative and broaden its scope. The services of the UPHCN provided to its members are a result of collaboration among mid-level and senior-level managers employed by the facilities. These individuals take time away from their respective organizational responsibilities and participate in activities of the UPHCN for the purpose of adding value and resources to health care within the ...Read More