Interoperability

The State of HIOs & Plans to Participate in TEFCA

By Kim Boyd – A recent study published in Health Affairs examined the current state of Health Information Organizations and their engagement with TEFCA. TEFCA represents a major leap toward creating a unified federal health information exchange, but the study reveals a mix of optimism and hesitancy across the industry.

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Protecting Patient Privacy in the Era of TEFCA

By Jay Nakashima & A. John Blair III MD -Trust is essential when it comes to accessing health care data. That is why we have been so consistently laser-focused on trust and “getting it right” for the patient as we’ve launched a new government-sponsored health data exchange framework.



New Data Available on How Physicians Experience Interoperability

From the Health IT Buzz Blog – Since 2021, the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the American Board of Family Medicine have collaborated to develop and field survey questions designed to better understand family physicians’ experience using health IT in primary care.