Common Agreement V2 adds a number of new elements to significantly advance nationwide network-to-network interoperability. The biggest change is the adoption of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) -based exchange, which will allow participants to leverage TEFCA governance, policy, and technical services to scale FHIR Application Programming Interface (API)-based exchange nationwide. In addition, SOPs released today introduce policies and processes to further enhance the trust model that is the central feature of TEFCA. These SOPs include policies for:
Together, these policy and technical documents, which were developed and updated through collaboration between ONC, the RCE and the TEFCA community following established governance processes, advance TEFCA FHIR-based exchange and clarify expectations and requirements for TEFCA exchange under Common Agreement V2. We have also re-published an updated TEFCA Glossary, as well as the updated TEFCA
Cross Reference Resource that identifies which Common Agreement and/or Participant/Subparticipant Terms of Participation section(s) each SOP references.
Current:
Common Agreement for Nationwide Health Information Interoperability Version 2.0 (Released April 2024)
Previous:
Common Agreement for Nationwide Health Information Interoperability Version 1.1 (November 2023 – April 2024)
Common Agreement for Nationwide Health Information Interoperability Version 1.0 (January 2022 – November 2023)
Common Agreement and QTF Version 1.1 | Proposed Common Agreement and QTF Version 2.0 |
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Fundamental requirements and components of TEFCA mostly included within Common Agreement and QTF Version 1.1 | More details moved to SOPs |
Model Participant/Subparticipant flow-down terms | Static Participant/Subparticipant Terms of Participation |
Exchange only occurs QHIN-to-QHIN via IHE protocols | Facilitated FHIR available between Participants/Subparticipants |
Exchange within QHINs not considered TEFCA exchange | TEFCA Exchange identified by unique TEFCA code |
Six (6) authorized Exchange Purposes (XPs) | Six (6) authorized Exchange Purposes (XPs) with new sub exchange purposes and implementation guidance |
Two (2) XPs require a response: Treatment and Individual Access Services (IAS) | Three (3) XPs require a response: Treatment, IAS, and Health Care Operations SubXP-1 (FHIR only) |
All QHINs, Participants, and Subparticipants must respond | Introduction of Principal/Delegate roles and requirements |
Participants and Subparticipants may not participate with more than one QHIN | Participants and Subparticipants may conduct TEFCA Exchange in multiple QHINs using multiple Nodes |
Privacy/security obligations apply to all | Privacy/security obligations apply to all |
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