TEFCA Comments Summary

Public Comments on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Draft 2

ONC received more than 100 comments on the Trusted Exchange Framework (TEF) Draft 2 during the public commenting period.

Draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common AgreementSM (TEFCASM) outlines a common set of principles, terms, and conditions to support the development of a Common Agreement that would help enable nationwide exchange of electronic health information (EHI) across disparate health information networks (HINs).

Comments were submitted by a wide range of stakeholders including: health information networks/exchanges, health professional societies, providers of health services, health information technology developers, hospitals, public health entities, health care payers, health care quality organizations, state entities, health care suppliers of services, and patient advocates.

ONC will be updating the Trusted Exchange Framework, the Minimum Required Terms and Conditions, and the QHINTM Technical Framework based on comments received by the deadline. There will be additional opportunities in the future for public input into the creation of the Common Agreement.

ONC thanks all of the organizations that submitted comments and looks forward to continued engagement on this work.

For those wishing to review comments submitted, please reference the table.

Name Organization Organization Type Submission
Zeynep Sumer King Greater New York Hospital Association Other Submission File
Vivian Singletary Digital Bridge Governance Body Other Submission File
Vanessa Holley Association of Public Health Laboratories Public Health Entities Submission File
Valerie Grey New York eHealth Collaborative Other Submission File
Troy Kaji Contra Costa Health Services Providers of Health Services Submission File
Tina Grande Confidentiality Coalition Other Submission File
Ticia Gerber Health Level Seven (HL7) Other Submission File
Susan Clark Briljent Health Care Suppliers of Services Submission File
Stuart Morgan private individual Other Submission File
Steven Waldren American Academy of Family Physicians Health Professional Societies Submission File
Shreya Patel Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) State Entities Submission File
Shelly Spiro Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Health Professional Societies Submission File
Shannon Vogel Texas Medical Association Health Professional Societies Submission File
Scott Stuewe DirectTrust Other Submission File
Sarah Willis-Garcia EHR Association Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
Roxanne Yaghoubi American Dental Association Health Professional Societies Submission File
Rosalyn Ryan Bicgen Health Care Suppliers of Services Submission File
Ron Turner XPRESSRULES LLC Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
Ron Turner XPRESSRULES LLC Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
ROBERT THICKENS ELIGIBILL, INC. Health Care Suppliers of Services Submission File
ROBERT THICKENS ELIGIBILL, INC. Other Submission File
ROBERT THICKENS ELIGIBILL, INC. Health Care Suppliers of Services Submission File
Richard Marks Health Record Banking Alliance Other Submission File
Richard Gibson Health Record Banking Alliance Other Submission File
Randy Schubring Mayo Clinic Providers of Health Services Submission File