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Manifest MedEx Designated a Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) in the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework

California’s largest nonprofit health data network qualified by state to support health organizations in meeting data sharing requirements by January 2024 deadline. Emeryville, Calif. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit health information organization (HIO), announced today that its application as a Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) in the California Health and…

Manifest MedEx Joins NCQA’s Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program

California’s largest nonprofit health data network to pioneer configurable digital quality measures for HEDIS® Emeryville, Calif. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – April 9, 2024 – Manifest MedEx, California’s largest nonprofit health data network, announced today it will participate in the NCQA Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program to advance digitized quality measurement initiatives and help shape…

Manifest MedEx Now Exchanging Real-time Health Data Under the CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) for DxF Participants

California’s largest nonprofit Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) meets new milestone in advancing secure health data exchange across the state Emeryville, Calif. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – March 7, 2024 – Manifest MedEx (MX), the largest nonprofit qualified health information organization (QHIO) for the CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF), announced today it is securely exchanging permitted…

Manifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network, a Free Acute and Post-Acute Event Notification Exchange for California

The statewide nonprofit health information organization will send and receive Admit, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) notifications at no-cost for most CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants through new exchange Emeryville, Calif. – January 30, 2024 – Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO), is launching the California ADT Network — a…

What California’s Health Data Sharing Moves Might Mean for Rest of U.S.

Looking at California’s headwinds and tailwinds can help other states as they build out their data sharing infrastructure Following a year marked by notable regulatory changes and new frameworks on health data sharing across the U.S., California has implemented major initiatives, including the California Data Exchange Framework (DxF) and California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM).…

Weaving Data Into the Fabric of Public Health

The field is finding new and creative approaches to how it uses data. It took some effort to work out technical and privacy issues to integrate CRISP’s data into systems used by the state health department and county-level case workers, and the program slowed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. But on September 8, 2022, information…

HIE Launches Free ADT Service to Expand Health Data Exchange

A nonprofit HIE in California is offering a free ADT notification service to boost compliance with the state’s health data exchange framework and improve care coordination Health information exchange (HIE) continues to grow nationwide, with 88% of hospitals participating in electronic health data exchange as of 2021, according to a 2023 ONC data brief. As digital health…

Collaborative Connections: Exploring 3 Vital Partnerships in Public Health with Health Data Networks

Health Data Leadership Institute panelist and CEO of Manifest MedEx, Erica Galvez, highlights the role of collaborations and partnerships to improve public health. The crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed material, and in some cases debilitating, disconnects between information systems used by public health agencies, the clinical care delivery system, and social service organizations. As…

Key Challenges for the California Data Exchange Framework

While California’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF) aims to enhance statewide data sharing, success hinges on integrating community-based organizations and focusing on specific use cases. While federal efforts like TEFCA are looking to drive national interoperability, some states are creating data-sharing frameworks to enhance regional data exchange. Take California’s Data Exchange Framework, or DxF, for example.…

Q&A: Manifest MedEx CEO Erica Galvez on California’s Interoperability Progress

Leader of state’s largest health information network says health data utilities can meet local ambitions and needs that extend far beyond what TEFCA will do anytime soon Erica Galvez is CEO of Manifest MedEx, the largest nonprofit health data network in California and one of nine Qualified Health Information Organizations under the state’s new Data…