V 131 - Interoperability Trailblazers Launching the Trusted Exchange Framework & Common Agreement

Initiated by the 21st Century Cures Act and administered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Trusted Exchange Framework & Common Agreement (TEFCA) is designed to scale and simplify electronic health information exchange nationwide by enabling exchange across disparate health information networks (HINs). It establishes common rules about technical standards, data access, and privacy and security requirements. The overall goal for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is to establish a floor of universal interoperability across the country. After several years in development, this effort will see its first live data exchanged in 2023 by designated Qualified Health Information Networks. The initial allowable exchange purposes are for treatment, payment, healthcare operations, public health, government benefits determination, and individual patient access.
This session will bring together the executive leaders of some of the entities who intend to be facilitators of this large-scale information exchange. They include representatives of state and national health information exchanges and interoperability technology platforms, whose data transactions represent health information from all 50 states, territories, and in some cases even internationally. They will discuss how TEFCA works, who is submitting information, who has access, how they manage data governance & quality, privacy & security, including consent, and most importantly, how this significant increase in access to data can be of benefit to your organization and patients.