Becker's Healthcare November 27, 2024
Epic has intensified its pursuit of interoperability in recent months.
Here are nine things to know:
1. The EHR vendor pledged to have all its customers commit to joining the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA, a government-sponsored interoperability network, by Dec. 31, and go live by the end of 2025.
The goal is to have patients easily share and access their health data no matter which EHR vendor their hospital, health system or clinic uses. TEFCA is the “North Star the industry is going toward” for health data exchange, Epic interoperability director Rob Klootwyk told Becker’s.
2. So far, 84 Epic health system customers have gone live on TEFCA, while another 136 health systems have pledged their...