Healthcare IT News December 12, 2023
Five QHINs have completed the onboarding process, according to ONC, and will now drive higher levels of healthcare information interoperability across the United States.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that eHealth Exchange, Epic Nexus, Health Gorilla, KONZA and MedAllies can immediately begin exchanging data under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement’s policies and technical requirements.
WHY IT MATTERS
Nationwide health data exchange governed by TEFCA is now operational and as a result, patients will have increased access to their records while healthcare organizations that serve them can improve their secure exchange of electronic health information, according to the HHS announcement.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology led a multi-year,...