{"id":4777,"date":"2013-05-24T10:20:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthit.gov\/buzz-blog\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:41:09","slug":"direct-implementation-guide-support-interoperability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/direct-implementation-guide-support-interoperability\/","title":{"rendered":"New Direct Implementation Guide Will Support Interoperability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, ONC is releasing <a href=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/direct_implementation_guidelines_to_assure_security_and_interoperability.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Direct Implementation Guidelines for Assuring Security and Interoperability<\/a>, recommending a common set of policies and practices to ensure Direct is being implemented in a way that will support vendor-to-vendor exchange and interoperability across geographic, organizational and vendor-related boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.directproject.org\/file\/view\/Applicability%20Statement%20for%20Secure%20Health%20Transport%20v1.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Direct Project specifications<\/a> offer a universal exchange mechanism for Meaningful Use Stage 2 to support care coordination among providers and with patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new guidelines reflect the results of consensus reached by Direct Project community participants at an open forum we held last November.&nbsp; Alignment with these guidelines will help Direct implementers across the country overcome policy and implementation differences that have limited cross-vendor and cross-community exchange to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-onc-guidelines-identify-a-consensus-policy-and-business-practices-for-direct-nbsp-implementers\"><b>ONC Guidelines identify a consensus policy and business practices for Direct&nbsp;implementers<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>More specifically, the guidelines provide direction to developers in areas such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/csrc.nist.gov\/publications\/nistpubs\/800-63-1\/SP-800-63-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIST Level of Assurance 3<\/a> requirements to verify the identity of organizations and\/or individuals before issuing Direct addresses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idmanagement.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/FBCA_CP_RFC3647.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA) Basic<\/a> (or equivalent) policies and practices for all certificate issuance and management matters beyond identity verification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.directproject.org\/Trust+Bundle+Sub+Work+Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Implementation Guide for Direct Project Trust Bundle Distribution v1.0<\/a>, which provides a common and automated mechanism for exchanging trust anchors between HISPs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authentication and encryption of edge protocols<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage all Direct implementers to adopt these guidelines. 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