500M records exchanged through TEFCA, federal health IT office boasts

fiercehealthcare - At the 2026 Annual Meeting for the health IT office at HHS, officials announced a massive spike in the number of health records shared through the government-backed TEFCA initiative. The number seems to reflect the heavy focus Trump's HHS has put on digit…

AI Summary: The federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) has passed roughly 500 million health records exchanged across participating networks, a milestone officials say will accelerate interoperability and data flow. The milestone spotlights rapid uptake and complementary data initiatives—plus the governance and privacy work that now comes with scale.

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