EHR Intelligence March 12, 2018
While TEFCA may be voluntary, an industry expert predicts all HIEs will be affected by the health data exchange framework.
Days into 2018, ONC released the first draft of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) designed to streamline health data exchange and advance interoperability per provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act.
While most stakeholders have voiced overall support for the framework, some have pointed to specific areas of the current draft that are still in need of improvement. To put it briefly, the framework is a necessary step in enabling true interoperability across the healthcare industry but needs to be fine-tuned before implementation.
General Counsel Steve Gravely has represented the non-profit Sequoia Project since its formation in...
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