MX February Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX
February 2025 Edition
New Year! New Upgrade to MX Notify!
Manifest MedEx's newly upgraded real-time admissions, discharge, and transfer (ADT) notification platform, MX Notify, is now live!
Our new and modern user interface enhances care coordination and delivers improved workflow efficiencies for our MX Notify Users, including:
- Enabling team collaboration by tracking notification status and user comments.
- Improved filtering, searching, and export capabilities.
- Smarter email notifications that ensure the user is seeing the most up to date information.
- An optimized design that improves usability when accessed from mobile devices.
- Improved responsiveness and performance.
If you have any questions about updates to the MX Notify platform, please contact the MX Support team at support@manifestmedex.org.
Manifest MedEx Welcomes New Regional Executive Directors!
As MX continues to build stronger connections in the communities we serve, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Ednann Naz, Executive Director of the Central & Northern regions, and Erin Henke, Executive Director of the Bay Region, to the MX team. They will bring their expertise and passion for improving the health and wellness of local communities as they work to expand data sharing and ensure MX delivers value across their regional health ecosystems.
Dr. Ednann Naz is a mission-driven healthcare executive with nearly two decades of experience in clinical operations, digital health transformation, and financial optimization. Recognized as one of the County of Fresno’s Board of Supervisors’ “Forty Under Forty", Dr. Naz has built a career at the intersection of medicine, technology, and operational excellence, leading initiatives that drive efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and optimize healthcare systems. A lifelong advocate for innovation in healthcare, Dr. Naz holds a Doctor of Medicine from Avalon University School of Medicine, a Master of Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Erin Henke has more than two decades of experience in building consensus among diverse stakeholders and more than a decade of experience in hospice and palliative care, launching POLST (Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) in California in 2009. She also designs innovative solutions for complex healthcare challenges as a medical society management consultant. Erin served as the Interim CEO of the Santa Clara County Medical Association and has held a range of leadership roles on the national, state, and county level, including roles as Chair and Co-Chair on several committees throughout the Bay Area. Erin holds a BS in Business Administration from Roosevelt University.
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Naz and Erin to the MX team and look forward to working together to improve health and wellness in the communities we serve.
Expanding Data Exchange for MX Participants through TEFCA
Did you know Manifest MedEx is among the first health information organizations (HIOs) in the country to participate in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™, known as TEFCA™, through our partnership with eHealth Exchange (eHX), a designated TEFCA Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN)? This makes MX the largest nonprofit HIO in California to participate in both our statewide framework (the California Data Exchange Framework) and the national framework.
Participation in TEFCA is voluntary, and we’re proud to have selected eHX, a non-profit dedicated to public good, as our QHIN partner. eHX is the oldest and largest health information network in the country and is most well known as the principal way the federal government exchanges clinical data among federal agencies and with the private sector. eHX supports more than 300 million patients across the country and facilitates 25 billon data exchanges annually. eHX connects a broad range of public and private organizations, including 58 regional and state health information exchanges (HIEs), 70% of hospitals and health systems, and 70 public health jurisdictions, and was among the first to receive designation as a QHIN.
In addition to helping organizations participate in the DxF, Manifest MedEx will begin offering the opportunity to join TEFCA through the MX network in the coming weeks as part of our commitment to advance health data exchange and connectivity. Stay tuned for more information, or for questions, you can reach out to us at info@manifestmedex.org.
MX Monthly Product Trainings
If interested, you may sign up for one or more trainings here. The next training will be held on March 14, 2025 at 12 pm PT.
Please reach out to Cha Lee, Product Manager, should you have any questions.
Manifest MedEx Welcomes New Participants!
Please join us in welcoming County of San Luis Obispo's Public Health Department and the Illumination Foundation to our ever-growing network!
The Public Health Department of the County of San Luis Obispo (SLO County) is a division within the County of San Luis Obispo Health Agency that aims to protect and improve the health of all San Luis Obispo County residents through disease surveillance, health education, direct services, and health policy development. SLO County recognized the need to obtain and share relevant health information for some of their clinics with community partners and beyond to ensure the delivery of efficient and effective comprehensive person-centered care. These clinics plays a vital role in providing essential services for the community's most vulnerable populations. Manifest MedEx looks forward to providing SLO County with a secure and modern solution to facilitate the transfer of electronic and health social services information to advance health equity for SLO County residents.
Established in 2008, the Illumination Foundation is a not-for-profit organization focused on addressing homelessness in Southern California. They provide housing and healthcare services for more than 3,000 individuals and families. Their mission is to disrupt the cycle of homelessness by providing targeted, interdisciplinary services for the most vulnerable adults and children experiencing homelessness. The Illumination Foundation will utilize MX's real-time ADT notification platform, MX Notify, to improve care coordination and close care gaps within their service population.
News and Events
ICYMI: Health 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 Tate Chronicles at Health IT Answers Virtual Interoperability Summit.
Watch the full recording on our website.
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Clinical Architecture's Data Quality Theater at HIMSS
On March 4th from 3:00 – 3:30 PM PT, Manifest MedEx’s Chief Information Officer, Jason Buckner, will speak at Clinical Architecture’s In-Booth Data Quality Theater at HIMSS' Global Health Conference & Exhibition (Booth #1349) on MX’s journey to improved data quality for HEDIS® reporting.
Register to learn how MX partners with Clinical Architecture to standardize and map codes and descriptions to provide higher quality data for MX’s participating health plans.
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Second Annual AI Healthcare Conference
Manifest MedEx is a proud sponsor of the Second Annual AI Healthcare Conference on April 25, hosted by the Riverside County Medical Association (RCMA), Inland Empire Foundation for Medical Care, the Inland Empire Health Plan, and San Bernardino County Medical Society.
Register here to learn how AI is reshaping the healthcare ecosystem.
Network Growth
New data sources available on MX this month:
CCDAs from the following 11 participants:
Castle Family Health Centers (4 locations)
Geriatrics Longterm Care Medical Corp
Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group (2 locations)
Sacramento Native American Health Center Inc. (3 locations)
South San Joaquin County Fire Authority
Labs from the following participant:
Central Coast Family Care Medical Associates of Santa Maria, Inc. (6 locations)
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