The exchange of health information is at the core of national efforts to transform our health care delivery system to generate value for patients. Over the last few years, the federal government, alongside many states, has worked to enable not only the exchange of data, but also the practical use of the data to improve outcomes and disrupt the deep inequities in our health care system. These disparities in outcomes were further exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and in many communities fueled the spread of the virus.
As we look to build back better from the pandemic, and as we drive greater connections between disparate systems—health care, public health, and social services— we have a unique opportunity to leverage the power of health information exchange to improve how we work together across systems, delivering better results for patients who have been historically marginalized. In this article, we discuss how California is seizing this opportunity by building on the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) to facilitate the exchange of health and human services data through the state’s Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework (DxF).
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