HIMSSCast: Interoperability – HIEs and other frameworks beyond TEFCA

For all its enormous promise in enabling newly set rules of the road – and an easy onramp to truly widespread nationwide interoperability – the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement will certainly lead to more seamless data exchange in clinical and public health. is not the only mechanism to promote and other organizations.

We recently spoke with Craig Behm, CEO of CRISP — the regional health information exchange serving Maryland, DC, West Virginia — and its nonprofit IT support arm, CRISP Shared Services, which serves Alaska and other remote areas. Works with state and local HIEs. for Connecticut.

Behm talked about TEFCA, but also how HIE and other regional health networks are contributing to the richness of the broader health data sharing ecosystem, and how they fit into similar initiatives going forward. They also discussed how provider organizations can better partner with networks to enable more robust interoperability, particularly in the areas of public health and syndromic surveillance.

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talking points:

• The structure and mission of CRISP and its CRISP Shared Services Branch,

• Current status of the TEFCA partnership of CRISP Shared Services, after applying to become a qualified health information network.

• The opportunities that TEFCA represents.

• and its limits.

• Why more health systems need to work together as partners to advocate for better information sharing and modernize clinical and public health data.

More information about this episode:

Roundup: New health information exchanges are emerging, expanding
Former ONC chief and FHIR’s ‘dynamite’ on TEFCA
Former ONC chief and FHIR’s ‘dynamite’ on TEFCA, Part 2
WHO and HL7 Collaborate on Adopting Global Interoperability
Sequoia Project and AHIMA partner on new data utilization initiative
Federal agencies provide update on TEFCA, interoperability milestones
CSRI, eHealth Exchange partner for TEFCA
eHealth exchange, CRISP plans to join TEFCA as QHIN