Healthcare Innovation February 12, 2024
CommonWell Health Alliance, Kno2 can immediately begin supporting the exchange of data under the Common Agreement’s policies and technical requirements
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has increased the number of designated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) organizations to seven with the addition of CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2.
Both organizations were announced as candidate QHINs last February to implement TEFCA, which was envisioned by the 21st Century Cures Act to support nationwide interoperability, but they were not officially designated until now.
The other organizations officially designated as QHINs after successfully completing the TEFCA onboarding process are:
• eHealth Exchange
• Epic Nexus
• Health Gorilla
• KONZA
• MedAllies
TEFCA became operational in December 2023. The Common Agreement, released...