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
Linda VanHorn iShare Medical Other Submission File
Jamie Ferguson Kaiser Permanente Other Submission File
Jamie Ferguson Kaiser Permanente Other Submission File
Alan Swenson Kno2 Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
Claudia Williams Manifest MedEx Other Submission File
Karbert Ng Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services State Entities Submission File
Randy Schubring Mayo Clinic Providers of Health Services Submission File
Katelyn Fontaine Medical Information Technology, Inc (MEDITECH) Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
MERLE BUSHKIN MEDKAZ®, by HEALTH RECORD CORPORATION Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
Shreya Patel Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) State Entities Submission File
Anne Schloegel Minnesota Department of Health State Entities Submission File
Angie Bass Missouri Health Connection Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
Cynthia Morton NASL Other Submission File
Eli Briggs National Association of County and City Health Officials Health Professional Societies Submission File
Kevin Scalia Netsmart Health Information Technology Developers Submission File
Valerie Grey New York eHealth Collaborative Other Submission File
Halley Simpson OCHIN, Inc Other Submission File
Cathy Costello Ohio Health Information Partnership/CliniSync Health Care Suppliers of Services Submission File
Faxriddin Tilloev OZOD FUQARO Patient Advocates Submission File
Karen Bogard Partners HealthCare, Inc. Hospitals Submission File
Adrian Gropper Patient Privacy Rights Patient Advocates Submission File
Adrian Gropper Patient Privacy Rights Patient Advocates Submission File
Adrian Gropper Patient Privacy Rights Patient Advocates Submission File
Cynthia Fisher PatientRightsAdvocate.org Patient Advocates Submission File
Shelly Spiro Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Health Professional Societies Submission File