Eleven healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network.
The organizations went live on the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in July, an Epic spokesperson told Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led initiative launched in 2022 to establish a nationwide standard for sharing electronic health data.
Epic’s participating hospitals and clinics are connected through its own Qualified Health Information Network, Epic Nexus, which was designated a federal QHIN in 2023.
Here are the healthcare organizations that went live with TEFCA in July:
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services (Shawnee, Okla.)
- Meritus Health (Hagerstown, Md.)
- Mohawk Valley Health System (Utica, N.Y.)
- TidalHealth (Salisbury, Md.)
- Waco Family Medicine (Waco, Texas)
- Baptist Healthcare System (Louisville, Ky.)
- Salinas Valley Health (Salinas, Calif.)
- St. Luke’s Health System (Boise, Idaho)
- Emplify Health (Indianapolis)
- Hill Physicians Medical Group (San Ramon, Calif.)
- Methodist Hospitals (Gary, Ind.)
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