In Part 1, Dr. Don Rucker, the former National Coordinator for Health IT from 2017-2021, framed the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement’s reliance on brokered protocols and page view document architecture as a costly…
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Dr. Don Rucker, the former National Coordinator for Health IT from 2017-2021, said he sees the current proposed structure of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and its reliance on brokered protocols and…
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The following is a guest article by Don Rucker, MD, Chief Strategy Officer at 1upHealth
Patients want the same modern computing experience in healthcare that they enjoy the rest of their lives to extend to…
By Hannah Nelson
June 01, 2023 – More than half of hospitals are aware of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and plan to participate in the HIE framework, according to ONC analysis of…
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Epic has announced the inclusion of renowned health systems, including Mount Sinai, Mayo Clinic, and Kaiser, in its qualified health information network (QHIN) for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). These organizations…
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Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance and Liz Buckle, Director of Product, discuss CommonWell's vision, achievements, and plans for the future. Plus, Wilder shares what he was hearing about the…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
May 18, 2023 – MedAllies has secured approval to proceed in its bid to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), marking it as…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 09, 2023 – DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has released new criteria for its TNAP-Participant program V2.0.
The open process for…
The following is a guest article by Dave Cassel, Chief Customer Officer at Health Gorilla and Former Executive Director of Carequality
Talking about privacy and security in health information exchange is tricky. Saying you want…
There has been a lot of activity and news coverage of Qualified Health Information Networks, or QHINs, recently. But what are they? and do we need to pay attention to them?
As the industry gets…
