Modern Healthcare February 21, 2018
Rachel Z. Arndt

Healthcare IT organizations asked the Office of the National Coordinator to iron out details for its interoperability framework, clarifying how patients and health information networks will exchange data.

The organizations voiced their concerns and praise in comments to the ONC on the agency’s draft Trusted Exchange Framework, released earlier this year in accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act.

The framework outlines principles for promoting nationwide interoperability and data sharing, including using federally recognized standards and transparently exchanging information. The ONC also plans to tap a private-sector organization—a “recognized coordinating entity”—to drive greater interoperability among health information networks.

Some organizations praised the ONC for the draft documents, saying they set the industry on a path toward greater interoperability. Specifically, they...

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