Becker's Healthcare February 21, 2023
Health data exchange may not appear in the news headlines often, but this important area of healthcare stands on the brink of a moonshot moment.
With TEFCA (short for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement), the United States has its first-ever federally endorsed governance framework for cross-network exchange of healthcare records.
If that doesn’t sound like a big deal, it should. When you make a surprise trip to urgent care while you’re out of town, when you visit a care site that’s new to you, or when your doctor refers you to a specialist outside your health system – in these cases and others, healthcare organizations need the ability to securely share and access your health information. That’s what...