Epic Nexus connects 625 hospitals to TEFCA
Healthcare IT News December 16, 2024
Secure medical records exchange under the national framework by all Epic customers is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, says Rob Klootwyk, director of interoperability at Epic.
Epic marks one year of connecting hospitals since joining the Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement and pledges to continue connecting health system customers under universal interoperability.
WHY IT MATTERS
Epic built its electronic health records-based interoperability network before TEFCA and partnered with others to create nationwide exchange frameworks, including Carequality.
Since TEFCA went live in December 2023, the EHR giant has onboarded 625 hospitals in 12 months.
“Epic’s customers are connecting quickly with TEFCA,” Rob Klootwyk, Epic’s director of interoperability, noted in a statement Monday.
“It is...