“The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the draft Trusted Exchange Framework, as required by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016. Federal health IT officials call the Framework “a significant step towards achieving interoperability.”
“The draft Trusted Exchange Framework, released on Jan. 5, 2018, outlines a common set of principles for trusted exchange and minimum terms and conditions for trusted exchange. This is designed to bridge the gap between providers’ and patients’ information systems and enable interoperability across disparate health information networks (HINs)…”
“The RCE will use the Trust Exchange Framework policies, procedures, technical standards, principles, and goals to develop a single Common Agreement that qualified health information networks and their participants will voluntarily agree to adopt. Following a 45-day public comment period and refinements to the draft document, a final draft of the combined Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement will be released…”
“… the draft Trusted Exchange Framework would not prevent existing or new organizations from creating point-to-point or individual agreements between organizations that have a particular business need to exchange information—while preventing potential information blocking…”
“… one of the core interoperability provisions in the Cures legislation was to create a “network of networks”…”
Source: HHS Releases Draft Trusted Exchange Framework with Eyes on Creating “Network of Networks” Infrastructure – By Rajiv Leventhal, January 5, 2018. Healthcare Informatics. Read the full article here.
