PARCA eNews – July 13, 2021 – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information (ONC) announced its timeline for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), which aims to develop a nationwide network for the exchange of health information.
The project is being led by the Sequoia Project, which developed the Trusted Exchange Framework to guide the linking of regional Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) across the country. While such regional networks have made great strides in recent years in facilitating the secure exchange of millions of clinical documents, some significant gaps remain.
Cross-network exchanges remain difficult with a number of friction areas that need to be overcome to have a truly seamless national network for health information exchanges.
Funded by the 21st Century Cures Act the TEFCA project has now reached a point of publishing a timeline with specific deliverables leading to the establishment of the national health information network.
Beginning this fall there will be public engagement webinars, work group sessions leading to a final agreement for the technical framework. In the first quarter of 2022 the Final Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement v.1 will be published. Later next year the Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) will be selected and begin sharing data.
QHINs are networks that agree to the common terms and conditions of exchange with each other as specified in the Common Agreement, which includes functional and technical requirements.
The ONC is encouraging stakeholders to participate in future information sessions. You can keep apprised of these meetings by adding your name to the RCE’s contact list at RCE.SequoiaProject.org.
For detailed background on TEFCA, please visit: HealthIT.gov/TEFCA.
Source: HealthIT Buzz blog
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