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Beyond Clinical Care: Closing California’s Data Exchange Gap
California has made significant strides in clinical health information exchange, but behavioral health, public health, and social services have mostly been left behind, contributing to fragmented care for people with complex needs. This report identifies actionable recommendations to help California…
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Our Top 10 Reads of 2025
CHCF’s most popular resources of 2025 reflected your need to understand unprecedented changes in the state health care system.
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Maintaining Momentum in Health Data Exchange Is Essential to Elevating Quality, Affordability
When barriers are removed and information flows freely, providers get a more complete picture of the person under their care.
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Californians Need Strong Data Sharing to Lower Health Costs and Improve Care
Why building a connected, efficient health system starts with transparent governance of California’s electronic data framework.
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Health Data Exchange Drives Efficiency and Cuts Costs
CHCF initiated research to explore how health data exchange can reduce health care costs and improve affordability.
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Strengthening California’s Health Data Exchange: The Need for Enduring Leadership
California’s Data Exchange Framework builds connected health systems that empower providers with complete patient information, improving care quality while reducing costs. A strong governance board is essential to ensure this vital resource benefits all Californians, especially communities traditionally facing barriers…
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What Providers and Administrators Need from Behavioral Health Data Reforms
Understanding health care data is a powerful tool that reveals who is and isn’t being served, highlights what is working, and determines where dollars go.
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Data Exchange
Our work on data exchange advances California’s health information infrastructure. We analyze interoperability barriers, governance models, and equity considerations, supporting implementation of policies and technologies that enable secure sharing of patient information across providers.
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Data Exchange
Although the health system cannot fix every part of the homelessness crisis, there are important roles it can play. CHCF envisions a future where different systems work together effectively so people are housed and healthy.
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California Health Information Technology Landscape Assessment
This presentation summarizes research commissioned by the California Department of Health Care Services in 2022 to assess the readiness of mental health, substance use disorder, and social service organizations.
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Three Key Takeaways from Project Roomkey
Project Roomkey proved the concept that health and housing stability can follow if people are given housing where they have privacy, autonomy, and services they need.
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Nine Qualified Health Information Organizations Named to Support Health Data Exchange
The California Health & Human Services Agency has announced the designation of nine entities as Qualified Health Information Organizations to support the state’s health data exchange framework.
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Consent Management Processes for Implementation of Data Exchange and CalAIM
This paper examines the policy, legal, and technical components that must be addressed to grow consent management services from promising county-level pilots to a statewide information exchange.
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Software Options and Data Elements for Housing-Related Community Supports
This 10-part training series was designed for housing and homeless service agencies interested in contracting with managed care plans to provide housing-related Community Supports. Each of the 10 webinars is freely available. Materials are also available for download.
