HealthLeaders Media December 13, 2023
Eric Wicklund

The healthcare organizations unveiled by the ONC this week have completed the certification process to support the exchange of healthcare data under TEFCA standards.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– The federal government set a schedule in the 21st Century Cares Act to enforce nationwide healthcare interoperability.

– A first version of the so-called “on-ramp” for data exchange, called TEFCA, was unveiled earlier this year, and several organizations have been working to adopt those standards.

– TEFCA 2.0 is expected to come out next year, and will include support for HL7 FHIR-based transactions

Federal officials have named the first five healthcare organizations to become Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs), giving them the credentials to support the exchange of health data through TEFCA (Trusted...

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