Healthcare IT News February 13, 2024
Their designation as Qualified Health Information Networks brings several new EHR vendors and other healthcare organizations into the nationwide interoperability framework.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced on Monday that the two interoperability alliances have crossed the finish line and are now onboarded as Qualified Health Information Networks capable of nationwide health data exchange with other QHINs under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.
WHY IT MATTERS
CommonWell Health Alliance, which comprises many electronic health record vendor members – including Oracle Health, athenahealth, Greenway, Meditech and others – pledged TEFCA participation in September 2022 following the release of the QHIN application by ONC’s recognized coordinating entity, the Sequoia Project.
By that time, more than 2.6 billion...