15 health systems join Epic’s nationwide data-sharing push

Fifteen hospitals and health systems 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 May, an Epic spokesperson told Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led initiative launched in 2022 to create 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 May:

1. Allegheny Health Network (Pittsburgh)
   
2. Overlake Hospital Medical Center (Bellevue, Wash.)
   
3. Pine Rest Christian Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
   
4. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus)
   
5. Driscoll Children’s Hospital (Corpus Christi, Texas)
   
6. MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Wash.)
   
7. Corewell Health (Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.)
   
8. Aspen Valley Hospital (Aspen, Colo.)
   
9. Connecticut Children’s (Hartford)
   
10. Kaiser Permanente – Northern California (Oakland)
    
11. Summa Health (Akron, Ohio)
    
12. University Hospital (Newark, N.J.)
    
13. Legacy Health (Portland, Ore.)
    
14. University of Utah Health (Salt Lake City)
    
15. Mercy Health Services (Baltimore)
    

This comes after the EHR vendor said more than 1,000 hospitals and 22,000 clinics using Epic’s software are now connected to TEFCA.