Source: HealthLeaders
Writing in the HealthIT Buzz Blog earlier this month, Chris Muir of HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) said the unveiling of five QHINs and the release of TEFCA version 2.0 “continue the momentum” toward a nationwide interoperability platform this year. “In the short-term, ONC and the TEFCA RCE anticipate ‘facilitated FHIR’ exchange beginning to be implemented as part of TEFCA exchange as early as the first quarter of calendar year 2024 connected to the release of Common Agreement Version 2,” he wrote. “As in Version 1, Version 2 of the Roadmap describes facilitated FHIR exchange in which Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) provide the network infrastructure to support FHIR API-based exchange between TEFCA Participants and Subparticipants from different QHINs.”