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
Valerie Grey New York eHealth Collaborative Other Submission File
David Lee CARIN Alliance Other Submission File
David Johnson 4sight Health Other Submission File
Kelley Gallagher CRISP Other Submission File
Stuart Morgan private individual Other Submission File
badar minhas International Islamic University Other Submission File
ROBERT THICKENS ELIGIBILL, INC. Other Submission File
Halley Simpson OCHIN, Inc Other Submission File
Richard Gibson Health Record Banking Alliance Other Submission File
Fred Trotter CareSet Systems Other Submission File
Paul Uhrig Surescripts LLC Other Submission File
Ashley Thompson American Hospital Associaition Other Submission File
Ashley Thompson American Hospital Association Other Submission File
Manuel González Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization Other Submission File
Ticia Gerber Health Level Seven (HL7) Other Submission File
Jitin Asnaani CommonWell Health Alliance Other Submission File
Ben Moscovitch The Pew Charitable Trusts Other Submission File
Ed Cantwell Center for Medical Interoperability Other Submission File
Zeynep Sumer King Greater New York Hospital Association Other Submission File
Jamie Ferguson Kaiser Permanente Other Submission File
Christopher Katis UHIN Other Submission File
Linda VanHorn iShare Medical Other Submission File
Kelly Thompson SHIEC Other Submission File
Mariann Yeager The Sequoia Project Other Submission File
Jeff Coughlin HIMSS Other Submission File