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…

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Data 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…

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Congratulations 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…

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California 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…

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“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.…

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“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…

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Manifest 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…

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Manifest 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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