TEFCA

Advancing Nationwide, Trusted Health Information Networks

By Seth Pazinski, Peter Karras, & Kim Lundberg – Health IT has become integral to health care delivery and this trend has accelerated since the passage of the HITECH Act of 2009. Hundreds of thousands of physician offices, hospitals, and health systems now use ONC-certified health IT to store, process, access, exchange, and use EHI, setting the groundwork for nationwide interoperability.


What’s Happening at the ONC

Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including the upcoming quarterly ONC Health IT Certification Program Developer Roundtable, the upcoming USCDI+ Cancer Data Exchange Summit, the HITAC Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023, & more.






What’s Happening at the ONC

Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including a one-on-one conversation on Health Policy with National Coordinator, Micky Tripathi, the upcoming quarterly Health IT Certification Program Developer Roundtable, and more!


HHS Expands TEFCA by Adding Two Additional QHINs

The ONC announced that two additional organizations—CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2—have been designated as Qualified Health Information Networks™ (QHINs) capable of nationwide health data exchange governed by the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.