Source: Chief Healthcare Executive
The next major milestone comes when the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announces that tech organizations have completed their onboarding process and will be designated as Qualified Health Information Networks to implement the framework. The networks have to meet high standards for privacy protections. In February, ONC named six approved applicants: Epic, CommonWell Health Alliance, eHealth Exchange, Health Gorilla, Kno2, and KONZA. When the networks complete their onboarding, Doyle says, “Then it goes from a plan to a real thing.” Doyle hopes that the framework will go live sometime in 2023. The key is for other networks to be ready to join, but Doyle says, “Epic will be ready.”