Data Exchange - California Health Care Foundation

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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CalAIM Data Exchange Roadmap: Manatt Webinar

This Manatt webinar, which took place on February 26, 2021, explains the critical role data and innovation will play in supporting Medi-Cal’s new Enhanced Care Management benefit and In Lieu of Services model, and how stakeholders can exchange and use vital information. Materials from the webinar are available for download.

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.

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.

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.

Why CHCF Is Investing to Improve Data Exchange — Again

Data Exchange, Investing in Innovation

Compiling a patient’s complete health record still requires a herculean effort involving multiple web portals, reams of data files, and, yes, fax machines. As new means of data-sharing begin to change that, the safety net should not be left behind.

Catalyzing Coordination: Technology’s Role in California’s Whole Person Care Pilots

Keira Armstrong, Mark Elson, John Weir

Investing in Innovation, Data Exchange, Behavioral Health

Across California, 25 pilot programs are working to closely coordinate physical and behavioral health care with social services to help Medi-Cal enrollees with high-cost, complex needs. This paper delves into the technological successes, barriers, and opportunities encountered by the pilot programs thus far.

To Switch or Not to Switch: A Guide for Community Clinics Considering Changing EHRs

Walter Sujansky

This guide will help community health center (CHC) leaders weigh the costs and benefits of remaining with their current electronic health record system (EHR) or switching to a different one. Many CHCs are considering this decision, as a shifting health care landscape requires EHRs, and the organizations that manage them, to meet increasingly robust requirements.

For Californians Most in Need, Whole Person Care Pilots Break Down Barriers

Catherine Teare

Behavioral Health, Data Exchange, Medi-Cal

Whole Person Care pilots are gaining momentum and have attracted more than 100,000 enrollees so far. The pilots could make significant improvements in care for the most vulnerable Californians.