Stakeholders Offer Early Impressions of California Data Exchange Framework

Although data flow is minimal in first few months of implementation, payers and providers see great potential

During a recent online discussion, payer and provider organization representatives shared their impressions of the progress being made in the first year of implementation of California’s Data Exchange Framework.

Erica Galvez, CEO of Manifest MedEx, the largest nonprofit health data network in California, hosted the discussion about the implementation phase of the framework, which under state law AB 133, requires most healthcare entities in California to exchange health and social services information beginning this year. Manifest MedEx is one of nine qualified health information organizations (QHIO) designated by the California Health & Human Services Agency (CalHHS).

Galvez was joined by David Ford, vice president of health information technology at the California Medical Association; Adam Davis, M.D., a physician informaticist leader at Sutter Health; and Krishna Ramachandran, senior vice president, health transformation and provider adoption at Blue Shield of California, a nonprofit health plan with $25 billion in annual revenue serving 4.8 million members.

Galvez asked the panelists for their initial assessment of whether the Data Exchange Framework was meeting their expectations so far.

Read the full article published in Healthcare Innovation.