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HHS Expands Secure Access to Health Records Through the TEFCA® Network, Announces Milestone of One Billion Health Records Exchanged
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced new steps to strengthen the Trusted Exchange Framework…
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NewsQ&A: Transparency remains the key to TEFCA, says ONC chief
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NewsHHS Aligns Health Technology Leadership to Deliver Data Liquidity, Affordability, and an AI-Enabled Health Care System for Americans
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NewsTEFCA™, America’s National Interoperability Network, Reaches Nearly 500 Million Health Records Exchanged as HHS Leverages Technology and AI to Lower Costs and Reduce Burden
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We are excited to announce the 2026 standards approved by the National Coordinator through ONC’s…
HITAC Highlights Affordability, Data Exchange, and Innovation
The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) convened on May 7, 2026, to discuss how…
Advancing the Future of Behavioral Health Data Exchange
Patients with behavioral health conditions are often dually-burdened with chronic physical health conditions. Consequently, providers caring for these patients must…
Picture This: Improved Access, Exchange, and Use of Diagnostic Images
As a radiologist, I rely on diagnostic images to guide decisions about patients’ health. Imaging…
Digital Dividends Realized: Hospital Patient Engagement Capabilities
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago.” This quote from…
HHS Wants Your Ideas to Accelerate AI in Clinical Care
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary’s office,…
The Tide and the Speedboats: TEFCA and CMS-Aligned Networks
In July our colleagues at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched an…
TEFCA Government Benefits Determination Implementation is Here!
We all know what it’s like to get forms completed with all the right information…
Why TEFCA’s Hardest Problem Isn’t Tech, It’s Trust
It wasn’t always so, but today we have technology available to exchange health information anywhere…
TEFCA: Accelerating Government Benefits Determination for a Better Tomorrow
It currently takes roughly 200 days for an initial Social Security Disability claim to be…