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Clinical Notes for Risk Adjustment: New Format Available!
Manifest MedEx is committed to providing exceptional value and the best experience for our participants. In response to participant feedback, we have enhanced the MX Clinical Notes for Risk Adjustment data service with output in PDF format, in addition to .txt files, so that clinical notes can be easily read and referenced by clinical reviewers…
Read MoreThe Annual Call for Nominations for the Manifest MedEx Advisory Committee Is Now Open!
The annual call for nominations for our Advisory Committee is now open! Our Advisory Committee helps MX understand the needs of its participants, align products, services, and policies with industry developments, and adopt best practices. The committee acts as a voice for MX users, shares best practices, and proposes new products, technologies, or policy changes…
Read MoreMX Health Equity and Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) Report
Improving health equity requires quicker insights and better data to understand population health, reduce health disparities, close care gaps, and improve access to proper care. Manifest MedEx is excited to offer a new report, our Health Equity and SDOH Report, that provides health care organizations with the demographic and SDOH data they need to better…
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 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…
Read MoreHarnessing ADT Data: Transforming Patient Care and Addressing Social Needs
Manifest MedEx leads the charge in California by utilizing basic health information for improved healthcare equity and outcomes. Basic health information can provide important insight into meeting patients’ social needs, and that can support providers in meeting patients’ needs and keeping them healthier. In fact, some of the simplest data – like notifications associated with…
Read MoreHIE Consortium Releases Health Data Utility Maturity Model
The model aims to help state leaders advance the health data utility concept to address public health challenges through HIE. The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of five nonprofit health information exchange (HIE) organizations, has released a health data utility (HDU) maturity model. An HDU is a nonprofit organization serving as a public-private resource for…
Read MoreeHealth Exchange, CSRI Announce QHIN Partnership Intentions
As CSRI, Five of Nation’s Largest Nonprofit Health Data Networks Intend To Participate in ONC’s TEFCA Through eHealth Exchange, Once Designated VIENNA, Va., Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eHealth Exchange, one of the nation’s oldest and largest health information networks, today announced that the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of five…
Read MoreLos Angeles County Street Medicine Provider Uses Longitudinal Patient Records from Manifest MedEx to Care for Older Adults and Other Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
Healthcare in Action (HIA) is a medical group that provides healthcare, substance use, behavioral health, and social services to older adults and other vulnerable individuals who are experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, which holds the highest population of unhoused individuals in the nation. For HIA, streamlining care coordination and improving efficiency is critical to managing…
Read MoreSan Joaquin County’s Goal to Leverage Real-time Health Data to Improve Public Health
San Joaquin County Public Health Services (SJCPHS) aims to advance health equity, promote healthy living, and improve the conditions that impact the overall well-being of over 790,000 residents in San Joaquin County. Located in Central California, San Joaquin County (SJC) is among the fastest growing counties in the state. In a study published by UC…
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