Source
2023 American Hospital Association Health Information Technology Supplement.
Citation
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. ‘Non-Federal Acute Care Hospitals’ Awareness of and Plans to Participate in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)’ Health IT Quick Stat #64.
The Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement (TEFCATM) for health information networks was published in January 2022 and the first set of Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINsTM) were approved to implement TEFCA and began exchanging data in late 2023. A 2023 survey of U.S. hospitals found that over 60 percent of hospitals plan to participate in TEFCA.
Differences in awareness and plans to participate in TEFCA can provide insight into the hospitals and populations most likely to participate in and benefit from TEFCA. Approximately 7 out of 10 hospitals that participated in national networks (eHealth exchange, CommonWell Health Alliance, or Carequality) or health information exchanges (HIEs) planned to participate in TEFCA, compared to 4 out of 10 hospitals that did not participate in either type of network. Further information on interpreting this data is available in a data brief.
Hospital Awareness of and Plans to Participate in TEFCA
Aware of TEFCA and plan to participate | Aware of TEFCA but not planning to participate | Aware of TEFCA and do not know if they plan to participate | Not aware of TEFCA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 64% | 3% | 9% | 24% |
Hospital Awareness of and Plans to Participate in TEFCA, by Key Hospital Characteristics, 2023
Aware of TEFCA and plan to participate | Aware of TEFCA but not planning to participate | Aware of TEFCA and do not know if they plan to participate | Not aware of TEFCA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
System Affiliation | ||||
Multi-Hospital | 77% | 3% | 6% | 14% |
Independent Hospital (33%) | 37% | 3% | 15% | 46% |
Critical Access | ||||
Critical Access Hospital (31%) | 42% | 5% | 11% | 41% |
Not-Critical | 73% | 2% | 8% | 16% |
Network Participation | ||||
National Network Participant (65%) | 75% | 2% | 8% | 15% |
State, Regional, or Local Network (78%) | 69% | 3% | 9% | 19% |
Both Network Types (57%) | 79% | 1% | 7% | 13% |
Neither (14%) | 39% | 3% | 5% | 53% |
Data are from the 2023 American Hospital Association (AHA) Information Technology Supplement to the AHA Annual Survey. Since 2008, ONC has partnered with the AHA to measure adoption and use of health IT in U.S. hospitals.
The chief executive officer of each U.S. hospital was invited to participate in the survey regardless of AHA membership status. The person most knowledgeable about the hospital’s health IT (typically the chief information officer) was requested to provide the information via a mail survey or secure online site. Nonrespondents received follow-up mailings and phone calls to encourage response.
This quick stat reports results from the 2023 AHA IT Supplement, the response rate for non-federal acute care hospitals (N = 2,547) was 58% percent.
A logistic regression model was used to predict the propensity of survey response as a function of hospital characteristics, including size, critical access hospital status, location, system affiliation, teaching status, ownership, and EHR certification status. Hospital-level weights were derived by the inverse of the predicted propensity.