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.

Data Exchange Explainer Series

Intrepid Ascent

CHCF's Data Exchange Explainer Series seeks to create a better understanding among stakeholders of statewide health information exchange. The first three of four papers highlights other states' pathways to incentivize participation in data exchange, approaches to governance adopted by policymakers, and digital identity matching. The final paper will cover data sharing agreements.

Data Exchange Is at the Heart of California’s Drive for Health Equity

February 24, 2022

Data Exchange, Health Equity

A new stakeholder agreement on guiding principles lays the groundwork for crucial innovations.

California Tackles Crucial Data Exchange Challenges

October 11, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Nationally, investment in health data infrastructure has been woefully lacking for years, with significant consequences for public health reporting.

Shared Information Has the Power to Change Californians’ Lives for the Better

September 23, 2021

Health Equity, Medi-Cal, Data Exchange

The pandemic challenges have shown that California must update health data systems to protect public health, improve care delivery, and help health and human services systems care for the whole person.

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.

Breaking Down Silos: How to Share Data to Improve the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness

Homelessness & Health Care, Data Exchange

With more than 150,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given day, purposeful collaboration between the housing and health care sectors are critical. This report focuses on ways in which the two systems are sharing data to better coordinate and support clients' needs.

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.