For all its huge promises in triggering a new set of rules – and indeed an easier start to broader interoperability across the country – the Trusted Exchange Framework and General agreement is of course not the only mechanism to promote more seamless data exchange between public and clinical health and other organisations.
We recently spoke with Craig Behm, executive director of CRISP — the regional health information exchange serving Maryland, DC, West Virginia — and its nonprofit IT support division, CRISP Shared Services, works with other outlying local and state HIEs from Alaska to Connecticut.
Behm talked about TEFCA, as well as how HIE and other regional health networks are contributing to the richness of the broader health data-sharing ecosystem, and how they fit into initiatives similar in the future. He also discusses how service delivery organizations can better collaborate with networks and exchange of information to enable stronger interoperability, especially in the areas of public health and syndrome surveillance.
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Communication skill:
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The structure and mission of CRISP and its CRISP Shared Services arm,
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Registered as an Eligible Health Information Network, current status of CRISP Sharing Service TEFCA participation.
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The opportunities that TEFCA represents.
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And its limitations.
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Why multiple health systems need to work together as partners to advocate for improved information exchange and modernization of public and clinical health data.
More info about this episode:
Roundup: New Health Information Exchange Appears, Expands
Former ONC director for TEFCA and FHIR’s ‘dynamite’
Former ONC director for TEFCA and FHIR’s ‘dynamite’, part 2
WHO and HL7 collaborate on global interoperability
Sequoia Project and AHIMA Partner on New Data Usability Initiative
Federal agencies provide updates on TEFCA, interoperability milestones
CSRI, eHealth Exchange cooperate with TEFCA
eHealth Exchange, CRISP plan to join TEFCA as QHIN
