HHS Seeks Growth of Health Info Exchange Framework

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said June 26 that it is strengthening the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), the national network that helps patients and healthcare providers securely share electronic health information. In less than one year, the number of health records exchanged through TEFCA has grown from 10 million to more than 1 billion. To support continued growth of TEFCA, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technol