Source: RACmonitor
The exchange of health information is crucial for delivering efficient and effective patient care. However, as you may know, interoperability challenges have hindered smooth data exchange among healthcare providers, which causes fragmented care and compromised patient outcomes. To address these issues, TEFCA was introduced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, or ONC. At its core, TEFCA is a set of principles and requirements for secure information-sharing among health information networks across the U.S., and it serves as an outline for establishing a common set of principles, terms, and conditions for the trusted exchange of electronic health information.