MedCity News March 14, 2022
Recently, the ONC revealed its most ambitious healthcare interoperability effort to date with the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). It outlines a common set of principles, terms, and conditions to support the overarching goal of establishing a universal floor for health data interoperability across the country.
The first real strides toward healthcare digital transformation in the United States occurred back in 2009 with the Meaningful Use provisions included in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. This initiative motivated more than 96% of U.S. hospitals to digitize health data using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology, but it fell short of creating an environment where health data could be freely and securely shared among...
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