Healthcare Innovation February 13, 2023
David Raths

‘Our vision is that TEFCA can get us out of this collective learned helplessness that we’re in’ regarding interoperability challenges, says Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., M.P.P., national coordinator for health IT

On Feb. 13, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced the first six organizations approved as Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a 21st Century Cures Act requirement to create a “network of networks” for sharing health data across the country.

The goal is that like wireless networks, electricity grids and ATMs, the user experience would become as if it’s a single network.

In a significant milestone in the history of health data interoperability, representatives from the CommonWell Health Alliance,...

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Topics: Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), ONC, Provider, Technology
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