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Data Sharing Can Reverse a Health Crisis
A deeper look at the congenital syphilis situation in San Bernardino County Congenital syphilis (CS), a preventable and potentially devastating disease passed during pregnancy, is increasing at an alarming pace in California and nationwide. If a pregnant mother diagnosed with syphilis does not receive timely treatment, the impact of CS on the baby can be severe, ranging…
Read MoreRemembering That Interoperability Policy Is Still Personal
As we work to advance interoperability and data sharing across the nation, we should remember that our ultimate goal is to help people live healthier lives This has been another important year in the work of building health data networks in the U.S. as the urgency of the pandemic has carried us more swiftly to…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Helps Family Practice Access Patient Medical Records in Real-Time and Ensure Timely Follow-Up
San Bernardino Physicians Associates is one of many family-owned clinics that make up the Clinica Medica Familiar organization. Clinica Medica Familiar is based in the Inland Empire and was formed to provide quality, comprehensive medical care, with bilingual personnel, in a warm, caring environment at all locations. The provider staff at San Bernardino Physicians Associates…
Read MoreClosing Medi-Cal’s Digital Divide Is Key To Health Equity
Those on the ground caring for Medi-Cal patients—the small health care practices, behavioral health and safety net clinics, skilled nursing facilities, county health and human services, and hospitals that form the safety net—need help sharing meaningful patient information to improve health and reduce health disparities. Because of a lack of resources, however, only a small…
Read MoreHIEs Do Double Duty As Public Health Utilities
The concept of a health data utility formalizes the wide scope of functions many health information exchanges already deliver. And work on social determinants of health is adding to the mix. On the heels of this year’s Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, executives from two health information…
Read MoreExperts Say Better Health Data Sharing, Clearer Communication From State Needed To Improve CalAIM
Data sharing is critical to the achievement of CalAIM’s goals, according to a group of experts who spoke at our 2022 Los Angeles State of Reform Health Policy Conference last week. Experts on our “CalAIM implementation issues” panel also spoke about their organizations’ successes and challenges so far with the statewide CalAIM initiative to reform Medi-Cal. Many…
Read MoreMX September Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX September 2022 Edition New Additions to the MX Leadership Team! Manifest MedEx is excited to announce that Trisha Grobeck has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, and Brittany Weppler has been promoted to Chief of Staff. Trisha brings more than 35 years of experience in accounting, treasury,…
Read More2023 Annual California DxF Summit: “Cultivating Connections: Expanding Health and Human Services Data Exchange to Advance Health Equity”
Thank you so much for attending the 2023 Annual California DxF Summit. We are so excited to have you join as we discuss how to accelerate cross-entity collaboration through the Data Exchange Framework to meet California’s goals around advancing health equity, strengthening California’s healthcare and public health ecosystems, and providing whole person care. 2023 Annual…
Read MoreMX August Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX August 2022 Edition Manifest MedEx Awarded Contract for Surveillance and Public Health Information Reporting (SaPHIRE) We are excited to announce that after a rigorous application process and the submission of a competitive bid, Manifest MedEx has been awarded a contract with the California Department of Public…
Read MoreHealth IT Answers Virtual Interoperability Summit: “What the Best HIEs Are Doing”
Manifest MedEx’s Chief Executive Officer, Erica Galvez, joined Mickey Yalon, Chief Technology Officer, J2 Interactive, to explore interoperability leadership, technology, and the evolving role of HIEs in healthcare in a discussion titled “What the Best HIEs Are Doing” with Jim Tate, Host of Healthcare NOW Radio’s Tate Chronicles at Health IT Answers Virtual Interoperability Summit.…
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