ONC Chooses The Sequoia Project As TEFCA Coordinating Entity

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has chosen The Sequoia Project to serve as the coordinator responsible for maintaining the agreement that will create the baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks to share electronic health information. The agreement is part of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement and was required by the 21st Century Cures Act. ONC says the Cures Act’s focus on trusted information exchange is important for dealing with the technical...