Announcements
Data Sharing Agreement: Spotlight on Qualified Health Information Organizations (QHIOs)
This month, the CalHHS Center for Data Insights and Innovation (CDII) held two online events highlighting its upcoming release of applications for organizations to become QHIOs. QHIOs will be designated by the State as having demonstrated their ability to meet Data Exchange Framework (DxF) requirements and help all signatories of the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA)—including providers, health plans, social service…
Read MoreData Sharing Agreement Draft Policies Discussed and Released for Public Comment
The CalHHS Center for Data Insights and Innovation (CDII) has released four new draft Policies and Procedures (P&Ps) and one modified P&P for the DxF’s Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) for public comment. The draft P&Ps include important new requirements for hospitals to proactively send ADT event notifications. Earlier drafts of these new P&Ps were discussed at the CalHHS…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Eight Recipients of the CDII Educational Initiative Grants Under the DxF Grant Program!
America’s Physician Groups California Academy of Family Physicians Purchaser Business Group on Health California Quality Collaborative California Association of Health Care Facilities California Association of Area Agencies on Aging California Association of Health Information Exchanges Connecting for Better Health California Medical Association California Primary Care Association County Health Executives Association…
Read MoreCongratulations to the More than 200 Manifest MedEx Participants Who Signed the DSA!
CalHHS announced last week that more than 1,400 organizations have joined the Data Exchange Framework (DxF), represented by nearly 1,000 entities that signed the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA)! Organizations that sign the DSA are signaling their commitment to a healthy California for all. The full list of the current CalHHS DSA signatories is available here.…
Read More“Overview: Understanding the Data Exchange Framework and Data Sharing Agreement Requirements under AB133” Webinar Recap
Most healthcare entities will be required under AB133 legislation to share health data with each other by 2024 through the CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF). The DxF comprises a single Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and a common set of Policies and Procedures (P&Ps) that will govern the exchange of health and social services information among…
Read MoreCalifornia Health Care Providers Embrace Major Expansion of Health Information Exchange as January Deadline Approaches for Signing the State’s First-Ever Data Sharing Agreement
CalHHS opened a new online portal this week that allows providers to sign on to California’s Data Sharing Agreement, which hospitals, physician organizations, health plans, laboratories, and other health care entities are required to sign by January 31, 2023. The Data Sharing Agreement is the first step in the state’s Data Exchange Framework, which was…
Read More“Achieving CA’s Public Health Goals with Collaborative Health Data Sharing” Webinar Recap
California is currently facing a public health crisis around congenital syphilis (CS), yet CS is 100% preventable with timely intervention and treatment. Health Information Organizations (HIOs) are in a unique position to make data and tools available to local public health jurisdictions (LHJs) and public health communicable disease teams for timely prevention, intervention, and treatment.…
Read More“Achieving Equity, Coordination, and Care – It All Starts With Data” Webinar Recap
COVID-19 has highlighted the deep disparities in health and health access plaguing our communities. It has also underscored that data gaps perpetuate inequities and block progress. Improving health equity requires quicker insights and better data. To address these issues, and succeed in California’s bold Medicaid transformation plans, Manifest MedEx hosted a discussion that emphasized the…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Awarded Contract with the California Department of Public Health To Implement New Data System for the Surveillance and Public Health Information Reporting and Exchange (SaPHIRE)
Nonprofit health data network selected in competitive bid to collect and report lab results across the state to support public health efforts EMERYVILLE, Calif. – August 16, 2022. Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit health data network, announced today that it has been contracted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to implement a…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Earns Validated Data Stream Designation in NCQA Data Aggregator Validation Program for Measure Year 2022
Health plans and providers can rely on validated data from Manifest MedEx for HEDIS® quality reporting for third consecutive year EMERYVILLE, Calif. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit health information organization, announced today it has earned the Validated Data Stream designation in the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Data Aggregator Validation program for a…
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