Becker's Healthcare August 19, 2024
Naomi Diaz

Epic Systems will transition its customers to a new government-endorsed medical records exchange by the end of next year.

“By the end of 2024, our goal is that the full Epic community will have committed to transition to TEFCA with plans to be live by the end of 2025,” the EHR vendor wrote in an Aug. 16 news release.

TEFCA, or the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, was launched in December as part of the 2016 21st Century Cures Act mandate. TEFCA aims to establish a unified framework for governance, policy, and technical standards, creating a foundational benchmark for interoperability across nationwide health information networks.

Epic Nexus, a subsidiary of Epic, was among the first to earn the...

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