Healthcare DIVE April 22, 2019
Rebecca Pifer

Dive Brief:

  • The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released the second draft of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), which would create a technical, nationwide framework for health data sharing across different networks and facilities.
  • ONC on Friday offered three new TEFCA documents for public comment that, taken together, form the foundation of a single Common Agreement for health IT providers and users to adopt by introducing a common set of data exchange principles, outlining mandatory terms and conditions and detailing the components of data exchange among qualified health information networks.
  • HHS also extended the deadline for comments on its twin interoperability rules by an additional 30 days from the original...

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Topics: CMS, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), ONC, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Regulations, Technology
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