The Sequoia Project Launches Consumer Voices Workgroup To Improve Patient Access to Health Information
Workgroup Will Share Experiences, Priorities, and Recommendations To Improve Consumer Access to their Electronic Health Information (Vienna, VA – February 21, 2023) – The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide health information exchange, launched the Consumer Voices Workgroup to understand first-hand from consumers the barriers they face accessing, using, and sharing their […]
ONC Awards The Sequoia Project a Cooperative Agreement for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to Support Advancing Nationwide Interoperability of Electronic Health Information
Read the press release on HHS.gov The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced that The Sequoia Project has been awarded a cooperative agreement to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE). The RCE will be responsible for developing, updating, implementing, and maintaining the Common Agreement component of the Trusted […]
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 Matters cooperative focused on information blocking. Launched in October 2018, Interoperability Matters is a public-private cooperative, with member and […]
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 Interoperability Forum on August 6th-8th, 2018 in Washington, DC. This three-day event will […]
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 health information exchange partners. The revised whitepaper, entitled “A Framework for Cross-Organizational Patient […]
Statement on the Passage of VA Mission Act
Statement by The Sequoia Project CEO Mariann Yeager on Passage of the VA MISSION Act (H.R. 5674/ S. 2193) “For many years, we’ve seen veterans and their providers frustrated because veteran health records were not accessible to private sector providers due to an administrative issue. The VA Mission Act provides an important fix that will […]
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’ Standards Subcommittee CIO Forum. Mr. Heflin will share the evolution of technical standards utilized by […]
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 intentions to update its corporate structure this summer. The new corporate structure will reflect the continued maturation […]
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 more challenging. The Sequoia Project, in support of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), […]
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 in Gaylord National Harbor, Maryland. The event will draw health IT leaders […]
