Division of Health Policy

Adverse Events Reporting
The Minnesota Department of Health administers the Adverse Health Care Events Reporting System that requires all Minnesota hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and regional treatment centers to report whenever one of 27 "never events" occurs.

Center for Health Care Purchasing Improvement
The Center for Health Care Purchasing Improvement supports the state in its efforts to be a more prudent and efficient purchaser of quality health care services.
Health Care Administrative Simplification    Administrative Uniformity Committee (AUC)

Center for Health Informatics
The Minnesota e-Health Initiative is a public-private collaborative effort to improve healthcare quality , increase patient safety, reduce healthcare costs and enable individuals and communities to make the best possible health decisions by accelerating the adoption and use of the health information technology.
MN e-Health Initiative   Privacy and Security Project   MN Public Health Information Network

Center for Health Statistics
The Center for Health Statistics collects and analyzes health related data, designs and implements public health surveys, and coordinates health data collection at the state and local level.
Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System

Data Resources and Management
The Data Resources and Management (DRM) group is dedicated to keeping Minnesotans healthy by building knowledge about health care quality in Minnesota, empowering consumers, educating purchasers, informing providers and guiding policy makers.
Health Care Cost Information Systems (HCCIS)    Data Reporting   
Access to Medical Records    Maximum Charges for Copies of Patient Records

Father's Adoption Registry
The Father's Adoption Registry was created by the Minnesota legislature (MN Statues, section 259.52) to allow possible biological, but not as yet legal, fathers to receive notice of pending adoption proceedings for their children.

Health Economics Program
The Health Economics Program produces a variety of reports, papers, issue briefs, and presentations, covering topics such as health care costs and spending, the uninsured, private market insurance trends, and hospital and other health care provider trends.
Chartbook   Publications   

Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC)
Since 1998, MDH has distributed funds annually to teaching hospitals, clinics, and other sites around the state to support the clinical training of doctors, pharmacists, dentists, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and chiropractors.

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care promotes access to quality health care for rural and underserved urban Minnesotans.

Office of the State Registrar
The Office of the State Registrar administers the civil registration system for vital statistics, collects and coordinates birth and death data collection at the state and local level.
Birth Certification   Death Certification

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