Thought Leadership
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 MoreBuilding Public Health Data Infrastructure Is Key to Precision Public Health
Leveraging health information exchanges gives public health the functionality needed to modernize and flex to the ever-changing landscape of disease and need around us We are at an important crossroads for public health in this country. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that our woefully underfunded public health infrastructures are in desperate need for modernization, starting…
Read MoreKeep Your Eyes on These Four Health Data Advancements in 2023
California is at a moment of opportunity with ambitious goals to improve health equity and achieve “A Healthy California for All” — goals that will require robust health data infrastructure and will fundamentally change the way healthcare is delivered in our state. This kind of infrastructure transformation, while desperately needed and the right thing to…
Read MoreIncentivizing Data Sharing Among Health Plans, Hospitals, and Providers To Improve Quality
Health plans can gain efficiencies and improve quality by connecting to health information networks and incentivizing hospital and provider participation as part of pay-for-performance programs. Health plans, hospitals, and providers are increasingly recognizing that sharing claims and clinical data can help them coordinate care, reduce costs, manage population health, improve patient experience and outcomes, and…
Read MoreOp-Ed: Health Equity for Patients Starts With Digital Equity for Providers
California has made progress building health data networks across the state for years now — data systems that securely deliver information on your medications, health history, and hospitalizations in real time between your different healthcare providers (imagine never having to fill out that clipboard before your medical appointment again!). While those technology systems are significantly…
Read MoreIndustry Voices—How One Community Health Plan Increased COVID Vaccinations by 40% Using HIE Data
The development of safe, effective, lifesaving vaccines is complex scientific work. But the job does not end there. As we’ve seen with COVID-19—and now with monkeypox, polio, measles and other serious public health issues—there is also a science to the process of connecting with the community and getting the vaccines actually administered. Aggregating health data…
Read MoreManifest MedEx’s December Webinar – Overview: Understanding the Data Exchange Framework and Data Sharing Agreement Requirements under AB133
Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, December 1 from 12 pm – 12:45 pm PT. 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…
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