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Webcasts and Podcasts From the Director
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114092130im_/http://www.michigan.gov/images/janeto1_54505_7.jpg) The Michigan Department of Community Health has added podcasts as a new feature on the Web site. MDCH wants to further communicate our health message to you.
All podcasts will feature tips and information on various topics such as the benefits of maintaining a healthy heart, visiting a doctor and dentist routinely, eating the right foods and exercising.
The podcasts will be updated regularly to accompany various events and news related to health issues in Michigan. Please, enjoy this new tool as you take charge of your health.
Open the Webcast and Podcast Page
| Medical Marihuana: Questions and Answers Information about how the Department of Community Health will administer the Medical Marihuana Proposal approved by Michigan voters November 4. For more information, see the Michigan Medical Marihuana Web Site
| E Coli Outbreak Update Learn the latest about the E.coli outbreak from the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Department of Agriculture.
| Focusing a Partnership for Renewal and Recommitment to Quality and Community in the Michigan Public Mental Health System This paper charts directions the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) will take to assure that community inclusion and participation, independence and opportunities for productive activity are realized by Michigan residents with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbances (SED), and developmental disabilities (DD) receiving services and supports in this system of care
| Michigan's First WNV Human Case Detected 81-year-old Lenawee County man identified as first West Nile Virus case in Michigan in 2008
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About Our Organization
Meet the Director Janet Olszewski is Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). The department is responsible for health policy and management of Michigan's publicly funded health systems. Services are planned and delivered through several integrated components.
| About the Michigan Department of Community Health The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is one of 20 departments of state government.
The department, the largest in state government, is responsible for health policy and management of the state's publicly-funded health service systems. An estimated 1.5 million Michigan residents will ...
| MDCH Mission, Vision and Goals MDCH will be the national leader in the design and implementation of effective strategies that are culturally responsive and competent, customer-driven, and community-based, which leads to quality health outcomes.
| Office of the Chief Nurse Executive
| Michigan's First Surgeon General Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom is Michigan's first surgeon general. Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed her to the position in February 2003.
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