Big ONC News: QHINs, TEFCA, and HTI-1

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT.  The first was the announcement of the first official QHINs as part of TEFCA and the 2nd announcement was the final HTI-1 rule.  Let’s dive into both and what you should know. QHINs and TEFCA The QHIN announcement really was around which organizations have officially become QHINs as compared with the organizations that were part of the initial QHIN onboarding process.  Here are the 5 QHINs that have been officially designated Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) today after completing the TEFCA onboarding process: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus Health Gorilla KONZA MedAllies The two companies that aren’t on the above list that are going through the QHIN onboarding process are CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2.  While it’s notable that they haven’t become officially designated as QHINs yet, I think that as long as they finish the process in the next few months it won’t be a big issue.  Both organizations have announced their intent to complete the QHIN onboarding process.  Check out CommonWell’s press release and Kno2’s timeline.  The CommonWell delay is really not surprising given they just changed their technical service provider.  If they’re still not QHINs a year from now, then maybe there’s something to write home about. The other thing to realize is that this is...
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