| In an effort to improve interoperability and reduce administrative burden across the healthcare industry, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), earlier this year, released a draft Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) as mandated by Congress in accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act. Now, as we move towards the release of a final version of TEFCA, Lee Barrett, executive director of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) and a member of both the ONC Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Tiger Team and HHS Cybersecurity Task Force, tackled several questions regarding the industry’s take on TEFCA to date as well as ways the healthcare ecosystem is helping improve interoperability. ... |