HealthLeaders Media April 22, 2024
Eric Wicklund

The ONC and The Sequoia Project have added new enhancements for FHIR adoption in version 2.0 of the Common Agreement, which sets thew stage for nationwide interoperability through the TEFCA framework

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– The federal government and The Sequoia Project have developed a foundation for nationwide interoperability, with the goal of enabling healthcare organizations to share data with each other on any platform at any time.

– The TEFCA standards were released late last year, and subsequent updates have added support for HL7’s FHIR API exchange.

– Seven organizations have so far been named Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) and are working to adopt the TEFCA framework.

Federal officials are showing further support for FHIR with the release of...

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