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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.

July 9, 2025

•Health Care Costs/Affordability, Technology and Innovation

Report

Health Data Exchange Drives Efficiency and Cuts Costs

July 9, 2025

•Health Care Costs/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…

April 28, 2025

•Technology and Innovation

Feature Story

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.

April 8, 2025

•Behavioral Health

Report

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.

November 4, 2024

•Facts and Data

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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.

May 17, 2024

•Homelessness

Knowledge Center

Data and Measurement

April 30, 2024

•Behavioral Health

Feature Story

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.

October 25, 2023

•Technology and Innovation

Report

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.

October 19, 2023

•Technology and Innovation

Knowledge Center

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.

May 15, 2023

•Homelessness

Data Insight

What We Learned in Davis About Public Health Data and Partnerships During the Pandemic

Public health leader Brad Pollock explains why California urgently needs standardized, secure, interoperable surveillance systems to safely leverage critical health data.

November 22, 2022

•Technology and Innovation

Expert Perspective

State Data Exchange Framework Could Be a Game Changer If Local Agencies Get Support

The project is an ambitious effort to expand access and the sharing of health information across antiquated and siloed information systems used by medical, behavioral health, and social services providers.

November 15, 2022

•Technology and Innovation

Report

Closing the Gap in California’s Health Data Exchange

This paper outlines the technological capacity and funding needs of delivery system providers who must comply with AB 133, which calls for the development and implementation of a statewide Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.

June 16, 2022

•Technology and Innovation

Report

An Assessment of the California Health Information Technology Landscape in 2022

This brief summarizes the 2022 Health IT Landscape Assessment describing California’s current health IT environment. It includes findings on the state of health IT adoption, past adoption trends and IT use during HITECH Act funding programs, and remaining challenges to…

June 8, 2022

•Facts and Data

Expert Perspective

California Is Creating a New Health Information Exchange. Here’s Why That Matters.

By improving data flows between providers, plans, and hospitals — and giving patients access to their medical records — care can be more timely and targeted.

June 7, 2022

•Technology and Innovation

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Californians Need Strong Data Sharing to Lower Health Costs and Improve Care

Health Data Exchange Drives Efficiency and Cuts Costs

Strengthening California’s Health Data Exchange: The Need for Enduring Leadership

What Providers and Administrators Need from Behavioral Health Data Reforms

California Health Information Technology Landscape Assessment

Three Key Takeaways from Project Roomkey

Data and Measurement

Nine Qualified Health Information Organizations Named to Support Health Data Exchange

Consent Management Processes for Implementation of Data Exchange and CalAIM

Software Options and Data Elements for Housing-Related Community Supports

What We Learned in Davis About Public Health Data and Partnerships During the Pandemic

State Data Exchange Framework Could Be a Game Changer If Local Agencies Get Support

Closing the Gap in California’s Health Data Exchange

An Assessment of the California Health Information Technology Landscape in 2022

California Is Creating a New Health Information Exchange. Here’s Why That Matters.

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