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TERRISA DES JARDINS: Detroit's gone through its share of rough times.
KIMBERLYDAWN WISDOM: We have a very high rate of poverty.
HERBERT SMITHERMAN, JR:It's where our patient population is,
and all the issues surrounding
the social determinants of health,
the behavioral determinants of health, the environments.
WISDOM: Diabetes in Michigan is just a major epidemic.
We haven't fully tapped the capabilities of technology
in improving health care from a patient's perspective.
DES JARDINS: One of the initiatives that we're pursuing
here in southeast Michigan is the ability
to connect with patients through mobile technologies.
They'll be able to take a patient assessment,
which will connect them to the resources in the community
so that they can seek the care that they need.
SMITHERNMAN: We're starting with diabetes,
but once we establish this sort of information highway,
we can then use it for other diagnoses.
DES JARDINS: We have a broad-based set of stakeholders
working together on this initiative,
from health systems and hospitals to large employers
and small businesses,
faith-based organizations, and other community stakeholders.
I'm very optimistic about the efforts.
The community that we've engaged
to be a part of the Beacon efforts wouldn't be here
if they weren't feeling optimistic about our ability
to really have an impact here in southeastern Michigan.