Common Contracts
1 similar Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (Tefca) contracts
Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Draft 2Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (Tefca) • May 17th, 2019
For decades, many health care providers, health plans, and individuals have sought a health care system that enables a patient’s Electronic Health Information (EHI)1 to flow when and where it matters most. Even though most hospitals and clinicians use electronic health records (EHRs), connectivity across systems and networks remains fragmented and interoperable uses of EHI vary. Often these variations in interoperability are not due to technical issues, but rather caused by deficits in trust between organizations and by anti-competitive behavior that results in the holding of patient EHI. Congress recognized these gaps in the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) 2 , and laid out a path to promote nationwide interoperability.
