Health data exchange and interoperability have entered a new chapter in the U.S. In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) included a requirement that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) create a Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) for nationwide health information exchange. Seven years later, on December 12, 2023, ONC announced that the nationwide health data exchange governed by TEFCA is operational. At the signing event, many Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials celebrated the announcement including Secretary Xavier Becerra, Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm, and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Micky Tripathi.
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In part two of this two-part series on what providers should know about COVID-19, hosts Payal Nanavati and Joe Records talk with Brian McGovern about guidance from state and federal health care regulators. This episode touches on how state agencies, CMS, CDC, and other regulatory bodies have instructed providers—especially nursing homes—on how to handle this…