Healthcare Innovation September 3, 2019
The Sequoia Project was selected through a competitive process, noted Don Rucker, M.D., National Coordinator for Health IT
The nonprofit Sequoia Project—an organization devoted to advancing healthcare interoperability—has been awarded a cooperative agreement to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) that will manage and oversee Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under the Office of the National Coordinator’s proposed Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
Announced by ONC on Sept. 3, federal health IT officials said that the RCE will be responsible for developing, updating, implementing, and maintaining the Common Agreement component of the TEFCA. The Common Agreement will create the baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks to share electronic health information and is part of...