QHIN Reactions at the ONC Annual Meeting

We previously shared ONC’s big QHIN announcement which shared the names of five officially designated QHINs as part of TEFCA: eHealth Exchange Epic Nexus Health Gorilla KONZA MedAllies No doubt, the timing of this announcement was planned to coincide with the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington DC.  It was Healthcare IT Today’s first time attending the ONC Annual Meeting despite multiple years of FOMO for not attending.  This year I’m glad I finally made it happen since we were able to hop on video with all of the officially designated QHINs to get their reaction on the announcement.  Plus, we were able to talk with the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE), The Sequoia Project, who has been doing the hard work of reviewing, vetting, and approving the QHINs.  And for good measure, we were also able to talk to CommonWell Health Alliance and Surescripts who are both working through the QHIN application process and should both be QHINs shortly. Check out the video below to see these organizations reaction to becoming a QHIN and the announcement of the officially designated QHINs.  Plus, we also ask them all to share something that people don’t understand about QHINs. In the world of interoperability, the announcement of the QHINs and that they’re already starting to share records is a big deal.  No doubt there was a palpable excitement about the QHINs being announced and what that’s going to facilitate when it comes to a national interope...
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