TEFCA Real Talk

As someone who has covered the health IT industry for 17 years, I’m always fascinated when I see something really grab the attention of the health IT community.  That’s a hard thing to do when there are so many people pining for attention.  Certainly AI us currently doing that in health IT, but in the world of interoperability TEFCA and QHINs are grabbing all of the attention.  There are a lot of views on TEFCA, but the one thing that’s certain is that it’s grabbing a lot of the interoperability focus from government regulators and the industry. ONC recently released some stats that 51% of healthcare organizations were aware of TEFCA and plan to participate.  23% know of TEFCA, but aren’t sure if they are going to participate, 25% were not aware of TEFCA and only 1% of those surveyed were aware of TEFCA and planned not to participate.  That much buy in this early is a big deal and those that are on the fence are likely waiting to see how TEFCA comes together. Needless to say, every healthcare organization should be taking the time to understand what’s happening with TEFCA and QHINs.  At the recent HIMSS 2023 conference, a panel of QHINs shared their perspectives on what’s happening in a session called “Real Talk: TEFCA, Evolution or Revolution in Health Care Interoperability?”  The panel included representatives from Epic, MEDITECH, Health Gorilla, and CommonWell Health Alliance.  Here’s a summary of some of...
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