ONC Releases Draft ‘Trusted Framework’ for Health Information Exchange, Seeks Comments
One of the hallmarks of the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law in 2016 was the creation of a “trusted exchange framework” to support the safe and interoperable exchange of electronic health information among providers and between providers and their patients. The Cures Act charges the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) with creating a “single on-ramp” for health information exchange based on a unifying set of policies, procedures and technical standards and…