Network organizations have provided significant match and inkind funds to support the goals and objectives. The network establishes an electronic link between health care providers of Michigan's Upper Peninsula so that they may deliver the best health care possible. Applications include distance learning, administrative meetings, and clinical telemedicine. Professional education provides an average of six physician continuing medical education events per month, and eleven nursing and allied health programs per month. Community education programs are varied and include monthly physician public lectures, child birth classes, support groups, and general education.
Administrative meetings average six per week.
Medical applications are conducted between the hub and end sites, and between the hub and quaternary care centers. Pre chemotherapy assessments and telepathology are anticipated in the near future. A partnership with the Michigan State Department of Corrections provides telepsychiatry for prisoners in the region. Marquette General Hospital Regional Medical Center serves as the hub, providing educational programming, clinical expertise, and system coordination. Member organizations of the Upper Peninsula Health Care Network connect as hub sites.