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eHealth Exchange is Promoting Health Record Sharing, Past and Future

Healthcare IT Today

eHealth Exchange , a non-profit started by Health & Human Services and now a separate non-profit, helps health care institutions exchange over two billion records a month. In this video, President Jay Nakashima explains the role they play, particularly in public health, scaling FHIR and TEFCA. Tell us what you think.

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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

Healthcare IT Today

Just a few weeks ago, CommonWell was announced as one of six applicants—along with eHealth Exchange, Epic TEFCA Interoperability Systems, Health Gorilla, Kno2 and Konza— accepted to continue in the onboarding process to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under TEFCA. billion documents to date.

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Featured Health IT Job: Enterprise Architect

Healthcare IT Today

This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in New York. About the Role NYeC is seeking an Enterprise Architect with an in-depth understanding of healthcare data exchange standards such as HL7 and FHIR, and the ability to use that understanding to design world class enterprise healthcare systems.

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Improving Document Exchange Response with Asynchronous FHIR API

Healthcare Exchange Standards

In the last article I show how PDQm can be made Asynchronous by using the FHIR Subscription. This is just one step in the overall interaction that one does with a Cross-Community Document Exchange (XCA). Thus this Patient Discovery can take minutes before the second step of Query for Documents can happen.

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The Balance Between Promoting Data Sharing and Ensuring the Privacy and Security of Sensitive Health Information

Healthcare IT Today

Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange Keeping patient data safe and private is our top priority. TEFCA proposes that the adoption of FHIR access with OAuth2.0 We address the privacy and security of sensitive health data in two ways. will help in providing secure access through third-party entities/applications.

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The Role of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) in Facilitating Seamless Data Sharing Among Healthcare Entities

Healthcare IT Today

Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange We continue to move closer to realizing the dream of complete interoperability, and TEFCA is a big part of that. eHealth Exchange is proud to be one of the first Designated QHINs. Policies like the 21st Century Cures Act and ONC/CMS rules enhance data access and prevent information blocking.

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Enhancing Interoperability and Data Sharing with Innovative Technologies and Standards

Healthcare IT Today

The ONC Cures Act APIs and the companion CMS Access APIs all require these modern FHIR-based technologies and are fundamentally designed to grow a vibrant digital health economy providing choice and value to consumers. These API protocols are known and used by hundreds of thousands of developers.