Seventeen 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 October, an Epic spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led initiative launched in 2022 to establish a nationwide standard for sharing electronic health data. So far, more than 1,000 hospitals and health systems have connected to TEFCA through Epic.
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 October:
- El Camino Health (Mountain View, Calif.)
- Valley Health System (Ridgewood, N.J.)
- Henry Ford Health (Detroit)
- Health Choice Network (Miami)
- NYU Langone Health (New York City)
- QuadMed (West Allis, Wis.)
- Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
- Choctaw Nation Health Services (Talihina, Okla.)
- Benefis Health System (Great Falls, Mont.)
- One Brooklyn Health (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
- Atrius Health (Newton, Mass.)
- Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)
- Asante Health System (Medford, Ore.)
- San Ysidro Health (San Ysidro, Calif.)
- Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
- University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas)
- Lee Health (Fort Myers, Fla.)
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