Thought Leadership
A Letter from Claudia Williams
Dear Friends, As my time wraps up at Manifest MedEx, I’ve been reflecting on all that we’ve accomplished and the opportunities that lie ahead. My career has focused on building transformative systems for healthcare change. And that is what we have built together over the last five years. Manifest MedEx is an innovative, impactful non-profit…
Read MoreOp-Ed: California needs clinical data to see the most vulnerable
Accessing health care in California can be a hurdle in itself. For our low-income, unhoused and vulnerable citizens, many of whom make up the 14 million Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal, finding and returning regularly to a usual source of care can be challenging. In my region of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, about 30% of our population…
Read MoreManifest MedEx’s July Webinar – Achieving Equity, Coordination, and Care – It all Starts with Data
Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, July 28 from 12 pm – 1 pm PDT. 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…
Read MoreData Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #8
Stakeholders call for closing key gaps in Data Sharing Agreement and Policies: Health Information Organization (HIO) funding, proactive data sharing, and process to qualify HIOs At the eighth meeting of the Data Exchange Framework (DxF) Stakeholder Advisory Group, members discussed the latest draft of the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and initial policies and procedures (P&Ps)…
Read MoreEvolution California: Accelerating Health Data Reform from First Mile to Last Mile
Join California and national healthcare policy makers, leaders, coalitions, and community stakeholders for open and bold conversations about catalyzing health data for equitable, person-centered, and effective health care. Hear from front-line leaders and policy makers about how to forge the data ecosystem and utility infrastructure of the future, harness powerful insights from health data, tackle healthcare equity…
Read MoreManifest MedEx provides edits to Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and related Policies
On April 21, 2022, John Ohanian, Chief Data Officer and Director of the Center for Data Insights and Innovation, released the first draft of the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and related Policies on behalf of the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS). Manifest MedEx has reviewed the documents and provided recommended edits to ensure…
Read MoreData Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #7
Different views on Data Exchange Framework (DxF) governance… In the most recent DxF Stakeholder Advisory Group meeting earlier this month, members of the DxF Stakeholder Advisory Group discussed California Health and Human Services Agency’s (CalHHS) proposal to delegate DxF oversight, enforcement, and/or rulemaking authority to a separately appointed “HIE Policy Board” that would not include…
Read More“Learning from Inland Empire: A Roadmap for Healthcare Transformation in CA” Webinar Recap
With all eyes on CalAIM and California’s pressing public health and health equity challenges, Manifest MedEx facilitated a discussion on how Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) and other Inland Empire stakeholders are preparing to seize this opportunity for healthcare transformation, where there is near-universal data sharing among hospitals throughout the region. This enlightening conversation was…
Read MoreData Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #6
“Do’s and Don’ts” to advance data sharing in California At the March meeting of the Data Exchange Framework (DxF) Stakeholder Advisory Group, the California Health and Humans Services Agency (CalHHS) presented a proposed governance model for overseeing DxF implementation. Manifest MedEx joined other Advisory Group members urging clarity on the data sharing agreement (DSA) and…
Read MoreMX Letter to the California Health and Human Services Agency
In response to the Data Sharing Agreement draft shared by the California Health and Human Services Agency, Manifest MedEx has identified missing key components needed to effectively implement the data sharing mandates enacted in AB 133. We also strongly recommend that the full draft agreement and related binding policies be shared with and reviewed by…
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