HIMSS February 5, 2020
Achieving a scalable nationwide health information exchange among various stakeholders is the primary premise of the Trusted Exchange Framework (TEF) and Common Agreement. The TEF creates six principles to facilitate trust between the participants of the health information exchange. While the Common Agreement component provides the governance necessary to scale a functioning system of connected health information networks.
Previously, we discussed how blockchain, or more broadly, distributed ledger technology, can help achieve these principles by supporting a network of nodes that rely on the associated consensus algorithm, cryptography and the data on chain. This network becomes a system of secure exchange that leverages standardized datasets, common agreements and consents based on cooperation and nondiscrimination. These technologies could not only provide...
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