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Data Exchange
Effective exchange of health information allows payers and providers to be able to collaborate and coordinate the care of patients they share. CHCF works to strengthen and scale technologies, policies, and programs that enable efficient and secure data exchange.

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Health Information Exchange in California: Assessment of Regional Market Activity and Overview of Network Types and Characteristics

Intrepid Ascent, Jill Yegian

This regional market assessment describes how different forms of health information exchange play out in four California regions: Los Angeles County, Fresno and the surrounding area, the Sacramento metropolitan area, and Humboldt County. It is accompanied by an issue brief that offers a high-level overview of the types of infrastructure used to exchange health-related information.

Learning from the History of Statewide Health Data Exchange in California

Regional and statewide efforts to implement a health information exchange (HIE) in California have evolved significantly over the years. This Q&A with a national expert provides answers to critical questions that policymakers and other stakeholders can consider to reform HIE today. An accompanying timeline highlights key events.

In Humboldt, the Community Works Together to Tackle Homelessness

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Data Exchange, Homelessness & Health Care

How an electronic records system made life better for people experiencing homelessness in Humboldt County and for the social service and health care workers helping them.

At a Glance: Why California Needs a Statewide Health Data Network (and How to Get There)

Data Exchange, Investing in Innovation

This fact sheet details the challenges and potential solutions California's leaders face in creating a health information exchange system that collects patient data in a single unified manner while also making this information accessible to health providers timely and securely.

Why the Time Has Come for Statewide Data Exchange in California

Data Exchange, Health Equity, Investing in Innovation

The ability to share appropriate health data will be critical as the state moves forward with its CalAIM initiative.

CalAIM and Health Data Sharing

Data Exchange, Medi-Cal

The California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program seeks to enhance information exchanged among managed care plans, providers, and county agencies. Learn more in this report, CalAIM and Health Data Sharing: A Road Map for Effective Implementation of Enhanced Care Management and In Lieu of Services.

Advancing Data Exchange in California

This series of reports sponsored by CHCF is aimed at helping inform California decisionmakers about statewide data exchange. These reports focus on how other states have approached statewide health information exchange; the existing electronic health record networks, regional health information organizations, and competing infrastructure that currently exist in California; and the challenges and policy options for the state going forward.

Why California Needs Better Data Exchange: Challenges, Impacts, and Policy Options for a 21st Century Health System

This report looks at how a fragmented data exchange ecosystem affects the ability of medical, behavioral, and public health providers to deliver critical services, and the impact these issues have on the Californians they serve.

Designing a Statewide Health Data Network: What California Can Learn from Other States

HealthTech Solutions

This report explores how four states have successfully deployed statewide health data networks, also known as health information exchanges. The framework for success that Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, and New York have forged offers lessons for California in how to develop its own statewide health information network.

Adapting Our Goals to a Changing World

November 13, 2020

Health Equity, Telehealth, Homelessness & Health Care, Data Exchange

In an uncertain environment, CHCF will focus its grantmaking on what we can do to make the biggest immediate impact.

New Federal Data Rules Loom Large

October 23, 2020

Many Medi-Cal plans and safety-net providers feel unprepared to comply with the new standards.

Understanding the New Federal Data Interoperability Requirements

In March, federal rules designed to improve how health care organizations collect and share patient data were released. This slide deck provides a high-level introduction to these complex rules with a focus on implications for health plans, which face some of the earliest and more daunting compliance deadlines.

Expanding Payer and Provider Participation in Data Exchange

This report outlines a spectrum of policy, contracting, and financing levers available to states working to advance interoperability, with a special focus on California's potential paths forward.

The Secret of Health Care Prices: Why Transparency Is in the Public Interest

Katherine L. Gudiksen, Samuel M. Chang, Jaime S. King

Health Care Costs, Data Exchange

Data transparency is core to bringing down health care costs. This report looks at the legal and economic implications of releasing data on the amounts paid for health care services, including negotiated rates between insurance plans and providers, as a means of controlling costs and increasing access to care.

Health Information Exchange Metrics and Evaluation Strategy for California

This report outlines a proposed strategy for measuring and evaluating the activity of California's regional health information organizations, which are poised for growth under the new California Health Information Exchange Onboarding Program.