The Sequoia Project Press Releases
The Sequoia Project Launches Data Usability Workgroup to Improve Semantic Interoperability
Workgroup Will Develop Implementation Guides That Build On Industry Guidance Already Being Adopted To Facilitate More Interoperable and Useful Health Information Exchange (Vienna, VA – Oct. 14, 2020) – The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for...
With 101 Days to Compliance Deadline, The Sequoia Project Announces Anti-Information Blocking Support for Healthcare and Health IT Communities
New Virtual Training Program and Free Public Resource Center Unveiled (Vienna, VA – July 23, 2020) – The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good, today launched new resources and training for the healthcare and...
ONC and The Sequoia Project Announce RCE Efforts Will Continue Into Second Year
Public-Private Collaboration Making Progress Towards Nationwide Network-to-Network Health Information Exchange (Vienna, VA – May 26, 2020) – The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating...
The Sequoia Project Announces Public Webinar
Information Blocking and Interoperability Final Rules Are Here: Now What? Free Public Webinar to Outline Practical Implications for Key Stakeholders (Vienna, VA – March 20, 2020) – The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for...
Common Agreement Work Group Announced to Inform the RCE’s Development of the Common Agreement
Series of Public Stakeholder Calls Precede Work Group Formation (Vienna, VA – February 10, 2020) – The Sequoia Project, in their role as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Recognized...
Information Blocking Guidance to the Health IT Community Published
The Sequoia Project-Led Industry Workgroup Provides Actionable Implementation Guidance and Feedback (Vienna, VA – January 27, 2020) – In advance of the expected publication of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for...
Sequoia Project Convenes Industry on Information Blocking Policies
Public-Private Cooperative to Advance Consensus-Driven, Pragmatic Solutions VIENNA, Va., March 05, 2019 -- The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good, is launching a new workgroup for the Interoperability...
Sequoia Project Launches Interoperability Matters Forum
Public-Private Cooperative to Advance Real-World, Pragmatic Solutions to Interoperability Beginning with Information Blocking (Vienna, VA – October 17, 2018) – The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good,...
The National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Don Rucker, to Keynote The Sequoia Project’s Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting to be held October 25 at the Gaylord National Harbor, Maryland Vienna, VA – September 20, 2018 – The Sequoia Project today announced its annual meeting will be held on October 25, 2018 at the Gaylord Hotel right outside of Washington, D.C. in National...
The Sequoia Project to Present at ONC’s 2nd Interoperability Forum
Non-profit to co-lead all-day track on patient matching; participate in diverse panel sessions (Vienna, VA – August 1, 2018) – The Sequoia Project is pleased to announce it is presenting at The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) 2nd...
National Patient Matching Framework Updated
The Sequoia Project Adopts Public Evaluation and Comment for Framework Vienna, VA – June 12, 2018 – The Sequoia Project announced the results of a multi-year effort of a diverse stakeholder workgroup to examine and revise best practices for patient matching between...
The Sequoia Project’s CTO/CIO Testifies Before National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Increasing Collaboration Between The Sequoia Project at National and International Levels (Vienna, VA – May 17, 2018) – Eric Heflin, CIO/CTO for The Sequoia Project, is set to provide expert testimony today at the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics’...
eHealth Exchange to Become Carequality Implementer
Parent Organization, The Sequoia Project, to Update Corporate Structure While Remaining 501(c)3 Non-Profit (Vienna, VA – May 10, 2018) – The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good, announced today its...
Lessons from Katrina and the 2017 California Fires: The Sequoia Project Spearheading Platform for Nationwide Health IT Disaster Response
Nonprofit Convenes Experts to Move California Model to National-Level Solution (Vienna, VA – May 7, 2018) – When disaster strikes and families are relocated to shelters in their community or even further afield, prescription refills and other healthcare needs become...
Carequality Trusted Exchange Framework Demonstrates Nationwide Network-to-Network Connectivity
600,000+ Physicians exchanging more 2.4 million clinical documents per month under Carequality (Vienna, VA – February 28, 2018) – Carequality, an initiative of The Sequoia Project, reported today that the traction and growth of its national-level trusted exchange...
The Sequoia Project’s CTO/CIO Joins ONC’s U.S. Core Data for Interoperability Task Force
Brings Real-World Standards & Data Interoperability Implementation Experience (Vienna, VA – February 21, 2018) – Eric Heflin, CIO/CTO for The Sequoia Project, has been appointed to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee’s (HITAC) U.S. Core Data for...
More than Half of All Healthcare Providers in the U.S. are Connected Electronically through the Carequality Interoperability Framework
Healthcare Organizations are Exchanging More than 1.7 Million Clinical Documents per Month through Carequality (Vienna, VA – December 5, 2017) – During The Sequoia Project’s Annual Meeting taking place this week, one of its key initiatives, Carequality, reported...
The Sequoia Project’s Annual Meeting to Draw Health IT Leaders Nationwide to Discuss Data Sharing Progress and the Path Forward
Event to be held December 5-6 in Gaylord National Harbor, Maryland (Vienna, VA – November 16, 2017) – The Sequoia Project, the leading independent advocate for nationwide health data sharing, announced today that its annual meeting will be held on December 5-6, 2017...
Veterans Benefit from eHealth Exchange as More Seek Care in Private Sector
Expanding Electronic Health Data Sharing Network Supports Veterans and Their Families (Vienna, VA – November 9, 2017) – Over 1.5 million Veterans enrolled with the Department of Veterans (VA) have been identified as receiving part of their care with one or more of...
The Sequoia Project Celebrates Five Years with Significant Growth in Enabling Seamless, Nationwide Health Data Exchange
Growth Marked by Increases in Participation, Number of Health Records Exchanged and Connectivity Expansion in All 50 States Vienna, VA – April 26, 2017 – The Sequoia Project, the leading independent advocate for nationwide health data sharing, celebrates its fifth...