A leading voice on emerging health data governance and interoperability issues, Partner Mel Soliz recently spoke at two Civitas Networks for Health engagements focused on community information exchanges (CIEs). Mel joined Chicago Regionwide CIE Privacy and Security Officer Ellen Clewett in both sessions to examine how privacy and consent requirements can translate into practical frameworks for trusted, cross-sector information exchange.

• State Health Technology Commons Call: In “Building Trust in CIEs: Translating Privacy Through Co-Design,” Mel channeled key takeaways from the Chicago Regionwide CIE into a real-world discussion on how legal requirements, partner input, and sustainable workflows can shape organizational approaches to privacy, consent, and governance.
• Civitas 2026 Annual Conference Virtual Preconference Session: Mel also spoke during “Co-Designing Trusted CIEs: Privacy, Coordination, and Data Systems for Whole Person Health,” highlighting course corrections that helped advance the Chicago framework from legal design into implementation. Her insights focused on aligning legal, technical, onboarding, and contracting efforts while keeping partner value central to co-design.

Mel’s practice focuses on compliance with state and national data privacy, access, and interoperability laws, health IT/technology service contracting, complex data sharing platform design, and HIN/HIEs. She regularly speaks in local and national engagements on these topics and has been active in state and federal policymaking on data privacy and HIE issues. She is President of the Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys and regularly lauded by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, BTI Client Service All Stars, and Southwest Super Lawyers.

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