Health Affairs Article Points to HIO Readiness & Engagement in TEFCA
The best way to gather information is by going straight to the source. That’s exactly what ONC did to learn and assess the state of health information entities, also known as health information...
View ArticleTEFCA Will be Live in 2022
Today we are pleased to announce the timeline for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common AgreementSM (TEFCASM). The 21st Century Cures Act, signed by President Obama in 2016, calls on ONC to...
View Article3…2…1…TEFCA is Go for Launch
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common AgreementSM is now available. Within the health information technology (health IT) world, few things have been as elusive as a governance framework for...
View ArticleMarching Forward: The Path to Operationalize TEFCA
On January 18, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCETM), The Sequoia Project, released the Trusted Exchange...
View ArticleInteroperability in Action: CMS Rule Builds on ONC Initiatives to Simplify...
On August 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced final changes to its payment program for acute care hospitals in 2023. The FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment...
View ArticleBuilding TEFCA
A little over a year ago, we announced the completion of a critical 21st Century Cures Act requirement by publishing the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common AgreementSM (TEFCASM). This milestone...
View ArticleTop Takeaways from the TEFCA Recognition Event
It’s hard to convey the excitement that was in the HHS Great Hall during the TEFCASM Recognition Event on February 13, 2023. It was great to see so many gather with HHS Secretary Becerra to recognize...
View ArticleTEFCA Awareness Among Hospitals and Variations Regarding Intent to Participate
According to a recent American Hospital Association (AHA) survey, most hospitals know about the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common AgreementSM (TEFCASM) and, among those, very few plan on sitting...
View ArticleComing in Hot! TEFCA Will Soon Be Live and Add Support for FHIR-Based Exchange
In January 2022, ONC and The Sequoia Project, serving as ONC’s Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCETM) organization, released the Trusted Exchange Framework and Version 1 of the Common Agreement. One...
View ArticleFHIR Roadmap for TEFCA Exchange V.2: FHIR APIs are on their Way into TEFCA...
On December 11, 2023, ONC and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCETM), The Sequoia Project, released the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)® Roadmap for TEFCASM Exchange V.2....
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