California Health Data Utility Manifest MedEx’s Increasing Role in Public Health

In 2022 MX began supporting the California Department of Public Health with the infrastructure required to enable statewide electronic lab reporting During a WEDI 2025 Spring Conference panel session, Erica Galvez, CEO of Manifest MedEx (MX), highlighted several ways the health data utility (HDU) is partnering with state and local public health agencies in California…

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N.Y. eHealth Collaborative Joins Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability

NYeC joins founding members Contexture, CRISP, CyncHealth, Indiana Health Information Exchange, and Manifest MedEx The nonprofit New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), which leads health information exchange efforts across the state of New York, has joined the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of the nation’s largest and most robust nonprofit health data…

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Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI) Announces New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) as Newest Member

Growing alliance of health data utilities continues the work of delivering local health infrastructure for communities Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of the nation’s largest and most robust nonprofit health data networks, announced today the addition of its latest member, New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC). A nonprofit organization working to improve…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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Stakeholders Offer Early Impressions of California Data Exchange Framework

Although data flow is minimal in first few months of implementation, payers and providers see great potential During a recent online discussion, payer and provider organization representatives shared their impressions of the progress being made in the first year of implementation of California’s Data Exchange Framework. Erica Galvez, CEO of Manifest MedEx, the largest nonprofit health data…

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Data Begins Flowing in California’s Data Exchange Framework

The nearly 200 organizations that selected Manifest MedEx as their data exchange intermediary are now meeting data-sharing obligations Manifest MedEx, the largest nonprofit qualified health information organization (QHIO) for the California Data Exchange Framework (DxF), said the nearly 200 organizations that selected Manifest MedEx as their data exchange intermediary are now meeting their data-sharing obligations…

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