By Buff Colchagoff – With the ONC planning on releasing the next iteration of TEFCA this year, many HIEs are likely very concerned about the potential impact of this federally-constructed interoperability initiative.
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By Kory Mertz – We are only six months into 2019 but it has already been an action-packed year from a federal health IT policy perspective! CMS and the ONC both released significant proposed rules that will reshape the health IT landscape.
By Don Rucker MD – In the 1990s, many Americans interacted with the Internet through America Online. While this platform was revolutionary, providing users with e-mail services and access to content, it was also a closed network.
By Lee Barrett – Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, issued draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework as well as a public comment period through June 17, 2019.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued for public comment draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) that will support the full, network-to-network exchange of health information nationally.
By Justin Campbell – For many years, the medical profession has struggled to devise a simple, secure way to share its extraordinary volume of data. This has been particularly difficult because healthcare delivery organizations have arguably lacked compelling incentives to exchange data from their electronic health record systems.
Lee Barrett, executive director of EHNAC and a member of both the ONC FHIR Tiger Team & HHS Cybersecurity Task Force, tackled several questions regarding the industry’s take on TEFCA to date as well as ways the healthcare ecosystem is helping improve interoperability.