Thirteen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network.
The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in August, 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 linked through its Qualified Health Information Network, Epic Nexus, which received its federal QHIN designation in 2023.
Here are the healthcare organizations that went live with TEFCA in August:
- Tufts Medicine (Burlington, Mass.)
- Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (Colton, Calif.)
- BJC HealthCare and Washington University (St. Louis)
- Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)
- Catholic Health (Buffalo, N.Y.)
- Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.)
- Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.)
- Grady Health System (Atlanta)
- HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
- The Queen’s Health System (Honolulu)
- University of Maryland Medical System (Baltimore)
- Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.)
- Penn Medicine (Philadelphia)
