Thought Leadership
Manifest MedEx’s June Webinar – The Future of Interoperability: Is it the Health Data Utility Model?
Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, June 8 from 12 pm – 1:00 pm PT. Our state’s investment in health data infrastructure through the CalHHS Data Exchange Framework and CalAIM initiatives could improve health and health equity for generations of Californians. But this is achievable only if all providers across the care…
Read MoreManifest MedEx’s June Webinar – Join the DxF and Learn How MX Can Help Modernize Your Public Health Data Infrastructure
Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, June 21 from 12 pm – 1:00 pm PT. With California implementing the Data Exchange Framework (DxF) and CalAIM programs like BHQIP and PATH, there is a confluence of drivers ― and funding opportunities ― for California counties and public health departments to enhance their health…
Read MoreManifest MedEx’s March ADT Webinar – ADT Notifications: The “Small But Mighty” Keystone to Improving Care Coordination
Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, March 16 from 12 pm – 1 pm PT. Since May 2021, CMS has required all hospitals to send Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) Event Notifications as part of the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to improve care coordination. These simple but powerful alerts notify a care…
Read MoreCongenital Syphilis, Although 100% Preventable, Is a Health Crisis
The U.S. is currently facing a public health crisis — one that is on the rise at an alarming rate, has devastating consequences, and is 100% preventable. And that’s congenital syphilis (CS). Mothers with syphilis can transmit it to their babies during pregnancy or at birth. Approximately 40% of babies born to patients with untreated…
Read MoreData 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 More2023 Annual CA DxF Summit Recap – “Cultivating Connections: Expanding Health and Human Services Data Exchange to Advance Health Equity!”
Last month, the California Health and Human Services’ Center for Data Insights and Innovation, California Health Care Foundation, and Connecting for Better Health, and Manifest MedEx co-hosted the 2023 Annual California Data Exchange Framework (DxF) Summit themed, “Cultivating Connections: Expanding Health and Human Services Data Exchange to Advance Health Equity!” The event was held at…
Read More2022 Summit Recap – “Evolution California: Accelerating Health Data Reform from First Mile to Last Mile”
On September 29 – September 30, 2022, Manifest MedEx convened its inaugural health data policy-focused summit, “Evolution California: Accelerating Health Data Reform from First Mile to Last Mile!” The event was held at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture located on the waterfront of San Francisco, CA. Policy experts, health care leaders, and other community…
Read MoreManifest MedEx’s November Webinar – Achieving CA’s Public Health Goals with Collaborative Health Data Sharing
Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Wednesday, November 9 from 12 pm – 1 pm PT. California is currently facing a public health crisis around congenital syphilis (CS). In 2020, California had the sixth highest rate of CS, with a case rate nearly double that of the national case rate. Health Information Organizations…
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…
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