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TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

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The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange Change is scary. At eHealth Exchange, which is one of the first Qualified Health Information Networks™ (QHINs™) under TEFCA, we have a front-row seat to the framework’s ongoing implementation. But we believe that is a mistake.

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CommonWell Marks its 10th Anniversary as TEFCA Gets Underway

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is indeed an instance of transformational change. We’re building the next generation of FHIR into our services—and looking ahead to create new use cases for care settings that are still untapped. billion documents to date.

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

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While that may not affect an individual patient whose data is included in the data set, it affects patient outcomes overall because it allows us to analyze the data and provide early interventions and programs. Jay Nakashima, President at eHealth Exchange Keeping patient data safe and private is our top priority.

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Enhancing Interoperability and Data Sharing with Innovative Technologies and Standards

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Don Rucker, Chief Strategy Officer at 1upHealth The entire digital app world is powered by APIs, which allow computation on individual data fields – your check deposit amount, real-time weather, and your seat on the airplane. These API protocols are known and used by hundreds of thousands of developers.

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

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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. With TEFCA, Designated QHINs are the dynamic force in the seamless sharing of health data among healthcare industry providers and organizations to improve patient outcomes.

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Bonus Features – August 20, 2023 – Healthcare orgs only use 57% of their data to drive decision-making, digital health is well represented on the Inc. 5000 list, and more

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Only 45% of consumers are fully satisfied with their health insurance , according to a survey from HealthEdge, and 40% blame insurers for the high cost of care. That said, 66% trust their health plan more that the government or non-traditional entities such as Amazon or Walmart to their health insurance.

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Weekly Roundup – March 4, 2023

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Given the nation’s lack of lab data standards, there are 40 different ways to code a negative PCR test result. Andy Oram discussed how adopting FHIR should be a no-brainer for better public health data collection and sharing – and how that must be followed up with standards for what data should be collected and shared.

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