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TEFCA Is Live – Clarifying Common Misperceptions

Healthcare IT Today

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. eHealth Exchange is embracing both use cases.

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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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HIE Future is bright - single connection to hub

Healthcare Exchange Standards

The next item on the HIE Future is Bright list is movement from "Multiple Point-to-Point Connections" to "Single Connection to Hub". In the case of most HIE traffic today it is for the PurposeOfUse of "Treatment". Very minor mention of FHIR. This change is purely administrative, but is still significant.

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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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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

Healthcare IT Today

Partnerships eHealth Exchange added C3HIE , a Texas-based HIE, to its network of partners under its anticipated QHIN. 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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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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Weekly Roundup – September 21, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Read more… FDA FHIR Pilot Automates Adverse Events Reporting and Validation. Jay Nakashima at eHealth Exchange detailed how California’s Cedars-Sinai used FHIR to send adverse events related to COVID-19 vaccines to the FDA – a process that replaced manual data entry and faxing. million funding round.

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