Connecting for Better Health

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

We are excited to welcome SACVALLEY MEDSHARE, a Qualified Health Information Organization, as a valued supporter of Connecting for Better Health. We deeply appreciate their partnership as we collaborate to advance data sharing and ensure the seamless flow of health information, driving improved health outcomes across California.

CalHHS Center for Data Insights and Innovation’s proposed three-year #DxF Roadmap (2025-2027) to advance data sharing and collaboration across California’s health and social services organizations has finished collecting public comments.  Read the comments that we submitted here, informed by three stakeholder listening sessions. We look forward to the final Roadmap!  

We’re grateful to have had Micky Tripathi as a guest at our coalition meetings to provide insight and guidance into federal priorities. This article is an important reminder that our work to improve data sharing in California remains timely and essential.

#Consent is key to linking clinical and social services data for better health outcomes. Our Consent-to-Share: California’s Opportunity to Modernize Cross-Sector Data Sharing paper helps highlight critical insights and calls for action: ✅ Accelerate adoption of state legal consent interpretations ✅ Advance tech & policy for consent management ✅ Standardize consent forms ✅ Build consent programs with state agencies

We’re grateful to John Ohanian, Chief Data Officer at CalHHS Center for Data Insights and Innovation, Robert Cothren, consultant at CalHHS Center for Data Insights and Innovation, and Dr. Linette Scott, Chief Medical Information Officer at California Department of Health Care Services for recently joining our meeting to share insights on the draft three-year DxF Roadmap (2025-2027), the Request for Information for a Centralized Roster Service, and updates from DHCS on consent management. Our blog post shares: 🧭 The proposed blueprint for advancing data interoperability and collaboration across California’s health and social services organizations. (Reminder: Public comments are invited until December 9 at 8 a.m. PT.) 📔 More information about CDII’s RFI for a Centralized Roster Service. The deadline to complete the RFI is on December 20.  ✔️ The latest innovative work from DHCS on consent management and what it means for California’s residents.

We’re feeling pretty grateful for the C4BH community! Our Round-Up Newsletter has surpassed 1,000 subscribers. Receive coalition news updates, read up on the latest data exchange news, and find events for you and your organization to attend by subscribing here: https://lnkd.in/eCXdNwa4

As we enter the holiday season, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support and collaboration. This month’s round up highlights exciting updates, including the #DxF roadmap now open for public comment, a new fact sheet on funding data exchange in California to support health and social services, and a save-the-date for our March Impact and Engagement event. Thank you for being part of our journey as we work together to drive meaningful change.

We are thankful for the trust and partnerships that fuel our mission this season.

Healthcare Innovation shares some of the latest updates from CalHHS Center for Data Insights and Innovation on the #DxF draft roadmap, including the below six priorities areas, to be implemented through 2027: 1. Event Notification 2. Social Service Data Strategy 3. Consent and Identity Management 4. Public Health 5. Impact Measurement 6. Participant Engagement The draft roadmap is open for public comment until December 9th. Access the roadmap here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gYsm4wKN Learn more about the comment submission process here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4yT_hd6