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Eight California Hospitals Join Manifest MedEx
EMERYVILLE – July 15, 2019 – Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s nonprofit health data network, continues to expand in California with the addition of Prime Healthcare. Once named “The Fastest Growing Hospital System” in the country by Modern Healthcare, Prime Healthcare is an award-winning hospital system with 45 hospitals in 14 states. The health system will…
Read MoreCombining Clinical and Claims Data Is the Future of HIE
This week, Manifest MedEx (MX) took a major step forward in bringing together California’s plans and providers, making claims data from Blue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross of California directly available alongside clinical data in our longitudinal patient records. Claims data are a powerful tool for providers working to reconcile medications, improve patient…
Read MoreThe Road to Real Personalized Health is Through Data
It still seems magical that Spotify creates a personalized music track for my life. Similarly, I now get personalized suggestions of what books to read, what recipes to cook, and even where to travel. This is the way we’re living our lives except for healthcare. It represents almost 20 percent of the U.S. economy and…
Read MoreWhy tech companies keep hitting the same wall when they try to get into health care
Technology companies like Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft keep making moves in the health sector, which isn’t surprising given that it represents a $3.5 trillion opportunity. But these companies keep hitting the same stumbling block: the inability to share health information across medical systems. Millions of patients are learning that they can’t share clinical data from their electronic medical records between…
Read MoreHow data is catapulting health care innovation in California
Hidden behind the Bay Area’s blossoming data-driven health care startup arena is a rapidly enlarging pool of digital health records. In just over two years, California’s health information exchange (HIE), Manifest MedEx, has swelled to 17 million medical records, about 40 percent of people living in the state. To date, 70 hospitals and five health…
Read More17 Million Records Now on California’s Health Data Network, Manifest MedEx
The nonprofit network is delivering 80,000 real-time hospital notifications a month to help improve care for Californians [Emeryville, Calif. – May 16, 2019] — It’s been just over two years since Manifest MedEx formed to connect health information for patients and providers across the state of California. The statewide network now has more than 400 participating…
Read MoreCalifornia ambulances connected to HIE speed care
California ambulance services now can connect to the state’s health information exchange, called Manifest MedEx, thanks to a $4.9 million grant from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority. Six local EMS agencies, 13 other EMS providers and 16 hospitals will cover eight counties—representing 7.6 million residents—will be participating in the project. Connecting the ambulances will…
Read MoreCalifornia Ambulances Connecting to Statewide Health Data Network
Manifest MedEx has been selected for a $4.9 million grant by the Emergency Medical Services Authority to connect EMS services to California’s real-time health data exchange [Emeryville, Calif. – May 7, 2019] — Manifest MedEx, California’s nonprofit health data network, has been selected by the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) for $4.9 million in grant…
Read MoreCalifornia HIE to use $4.9M grant to connect ambulances with hospital patient data
As first responders, emergency medical service (EMS) providers often have to make quick, life-saving decisions without any patient health information during emergencies. Using a $4.9 million state grant issued by the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), California health information exchange (HIE) Manifest MedEx is leading an initiative to facilitate better data exchange between ambulance service providers and…
Read MoreHealth Net Joins Manifest MedEx Health Data Network
California’s largest nonprofit health data network continues to quickly expand delivery of real-time patient information across the state. SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– California is taking another step toward a modern medical information infrastructure with the addition of Health Net, LLC (Health Net) to the state’s largest nonprofit health data network, Manifest MedEx (MX). Health Net has…
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