QHIN (Kno2) - Integration

Overview

Healthcare interoperability, the seamless exchange of patient information between disparate systems, has long been a critical issue within the healthcare industry. The lack of standardized data sharing has hindered care coordination, slowed down decision-making processes, and contributed to gaps in patient care. While progress has been made regionally through Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and nationally through trusted exchange frameworks like Carequality, challenges persist to drive true interoperability at scale for use cases beyond treatment such as public health, benefits determination and patient access.

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) initiative, spearheaded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), represents a significant step towards nationwide healthcare interoperability for a variety of use cases. TEFCA aims to establish a standardized and secure framework for data exchange across the United States with QHINs (Qualified Health Information Networks) serving as nodes facilitating the sharing of information across organizations.

This integration implements the QHIN Sync Process API specification. To learn more about this asset and the overall use cases it supports, navigate to the use case page. To review additional setup instructions, including steps required to deploy the full solution, view the setup guide.