Becker's Healthcare February 21, 2023
Jay Nakashima, Executive Director, eHealth Exchange

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...

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