ONC TEFCA Update From the RCE
The RCE team will be speaking at HIMSS23 in Chicago! In 2018, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced a vision for a single on-ramp for nationwide connectivity for heath information exchange. In 2019, ONC awarded The Sequoia Project, and sub-contractors including Carequality, a cooperative agreement to serve as the […]
The Sequoia Project Seeks Feedback on Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide
Proposed policy, technical, and process requirements for FHIR-Based Exchange among QHINs, Participants and Subparticipants released (Vienna, VA – October 7, 2022) –The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), […]
The Sequoia Project Releases Draft QHIN Onboarding and Designation Standard Operating Procedures, Requests Feedback
Releases include definitions, updated QHIN security requirements for the Protection of TEFCA Information, and the list of cybersecurity certifications under consideration (Vienna, VA – May 16, 2022) – The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of […]
The Sequoia Project Wins Medigy HITMC Marketing Campaign of the Year Award
(Vienna, VA – May 12, 2022) – The Sequoia Project was named a 2022 Medigy Healthcare and IT Marketing Community (HITMC) Award Winner in the Marketing Campaign of the Year category. Every year, HITMC honors individuals, teams and organizations for outstanding marketing and PR achievements over the past year. This year, a record number of […]
ONC and The Sequoia Project Release Common Agreement Elements
Preview of policies are now available for public input (Vienna, VA – September 20, 2021) – The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), today released Elements of the […]
ONC and The Sequoia Project Publish Draft Technical Framework for Network-to-Network Health Information Exchange
TEFCA public-private partnership encourages feedback before finalizing framework (Vienna, VA – July 28, 2021) – The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), today published a draft of the Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) […]
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 (HIE) (Vienna, VA – May 26, 2020) – The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), today celebrated program […]
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 Coordinating Entity (RCE), announced it will form a work group to inform the RCE’s […]
TEFCA RCE Begins Working Through Standards Issues for QHIN-to-QHIN Transactions
Technical framework to include specifications on message delivery, query, master patient indexes and more On Dec. 11, the ONC TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) held an online public stakeholder feedback meeting on the development of the Qualified Health Information Network Technical Framework (QTF). Although it is perhaps not clear how much consensus developed during the […]
