HealthIT Answers May 18, 2022
By Elise Sweeney Anthony; Liz Palena Hall and Mariann Yeager, CEO, The Sequoia Project (the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity)
On January 18, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), The Sequoia Project, released the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). The next key step for TEFCA is the release of resources to advance its operationalization, such as standard operating procedures (SOPs). These SOPs will include specific policies and procedures to further guide QHINs and will identify, where applicable, necessary technical implementation requirements.
On May 16th the ONC and the RCE released the schedule for upcoming SOPs. In addition, the RCE has released an updated version of the QHIN...