By Kishore Pendyala – Compliance by design has emerged as a defining advantage for AI‑driven healthcare IT startups, reshaping how they earn trust and compete in a rapidly shifting regulatory landscape. As CMS and ONC continue to refine expectations around data privacy, interoperability, algorithmic transparency, and patient rights, startups that embed…
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Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
CommonWell’s work over the past year reflects its continued leadership, network investment, and commitment to member readiness for Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™) participation and support of the CMS Interoperability Framework.
By William Charnetski JD – This is the time when healthcare leaders dust off their crystal balls and make predictions for the new year. These often miss the mark for myriad reasons, including the complexity of healthcare and the inevitable emergence of unforeseen factors and developments.
Transforming health data liquidity, allowing it to flow securely and seamlessly throughout the system, and securing patient access to that data: As of today, nearly 500 million health records have been exchanged through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™), up from roughly 10 million in January 2025.
NOW on Demand Tell Me Where IT Hurts episode with host Dr. Jay Anders and his guest Jolie Ritzo, MPH, CEO of Civitas Networks for Health. She brings a grounded perspective on why nationwide data exchange remains complex, where progress is occurring, and what it will take to earn trust at scale.
By Steven Lane – The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled plans for a new health data ecosystem, the CMS Interoperability Framework. This voluntary playbook sets expectations for health data networks, EHR developers, payers, providers, and digital health apps to exchange information using common, secure, and transparent standards…
Moving our healthcare system into the digital age, better outcomes, controlling and reducing costs, and patient access to their health data. Our monthly HIE rundown includes updates on industry interoperability news, TEFCA, HIE networks, job openings and vendor contracts.
By Laura Young – In interoperability conversations, data liquidity often sounds like a lofty technical term. In reality, it means something far more concrete for providers: consistent, trustworthy data when and where they need it.