HealthIT Answers July 30, 2024
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By Holly Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MedAllies

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) recently became operational, offering promise in, and a national focus on, boosting nationwide interoperability.

TEFCA, which was created as part of the 2016 21st Century Cures Act, is a set of regulations designed to improve healthcare interoperability by establishing standards and infrastructure that ease data exchange among key stakeholders, including providers, payers, and information technology partners. TEFCA also supports individuals who want to retrieve their own healthcare data.

Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) are a centerpiece of TEFCA. QHINs are set to become the “on ramp” for all electronically accessible health information without special effort on the part of the user.

With TEFCA, all...

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