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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…
Read MoreCollaborative 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…
Read MoreKey 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.…
Read MoreQ&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…
Read MoreStakeholders 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…
Read MoreData 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…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Launches the California ADT Network
What You Should Know: Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s largest nonprofit Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO), is launching the California ADT Network — a no-cost, electronic ADT notification exchange — to help organizations exchange ADT data in compliance with the DxF and to substantially scale the sharing of ADT alerts across the state. California hospitals, health…
Read MoreManifest MedEx to Seek QHIO Status in California’s Data Exchange Framework
California’s statewide data-sharing agreement involving healthcare entities, government agencies, and social service programs beginning in 2024 Manifest MedEx is the first health information exchange in California to announce it intends to apply for designation as a Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO) in the state’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF). The statewide data-sharing agreement involving healthcare entities,…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Launches No-Cost California ADT Network
Manifest MedEx, California’s largest nonprofit Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO), is launching the California ADT Network — a no-cost, electronic ADT notification exchange — to help organizations exchange Admit, Discharge, and Transfer data in compliance with the state’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF) and to substantially scale the sharing of ADT alerts across the state. The…
Read MorePublic Health Department Aims to Reduce San Bernardino County’s Huge Increase in Syphilis Cases
Over the last five years, California has seen a dramatic increase in syphilis and congenital syphilis cases. Between 2017 and 2020, San Bernardino County experienced a 135 percent increase in congenital syphilis and a 54 percent increase in syphilis, prompting an intensive response from the county’s Department of Public Health. Public Health staff members are…
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