Source: Healthcare Dive
On Monday, the HHS unveiled the first six networks that have been approved to be onboarded as qualified health information networks, or QHINs, under TEFCA, the government’s framework for a nationwide health information exchange. It’s been about a year since the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released TEFCA, or the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. Now, Epic, CommonWell Health Alliance, eHealth Exchange, Health Gorilla, Kno2 and Konza — organizations that collectively cover a significant swath of American health records — have committed to become eligible and go live within TEFCA in 12 months.