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CommonWell Network Surpasses 200 Million Unique Individuals on its Nationwide Health Data Network
BOSTON – July 12, 2023—CommonWell Health Alliance has officially surpassed 200 million individuals in its nationwide network. This means it is sharing electronic health data for roughly 62% of the total United States population based U.S. Census projections. “From a handful of providers in our first year to this significant number today, we’ve just kept working with our membership [...]
CommonWell Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary: Watch the Commemorative Video
With so many accomplishments to celebrate and with the Alliance primed for what’s next under TEFCA, it’s an exciting time to take stock. We’re humbled to watch some of our many supporters share their memories and well-wishes to honor our #DecadeofConnections. Watch and share: Read what CommonWell Executive Director Paul L Wilder has to say about this important milestone in [...]
CommonWell Health Alliance Reacts to QHIN Application Approval
BOSTON – February 13, 2023 — On February 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recognized CommonWell Health Alliance for its application approval to potentially become one of the Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) that will make up the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). “CommonWell Health Alliance is proud to move [...]
CommonWell To Apply to Become One of TEFCA’s First Qualified Health Information Networks
BOSTON – August 31, 2022 - The CommonWell Health Alliance® today announced its intention to apply to become one of the first Qualified Health Information Networks (QHIN) as part of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). CommonWell will submit its application with the first set of submissions. This move follows The Sequoia Project, the Recognized Coordinating Entity for [...]
CommonWell Health Alliance Submits Comments on the TEFCA Draft QHIN Application
We were pleased to be part of preliminary efforts to get here through the Common Agreement Workgroup where we worked with peers and partners alongside Sequoia and the ONC towards development of the formative documents for TEFCA which included development of this QHIN Application. As such, we were not surprised by the content of the application and appreciate the [...]
CommonWell Hosts Virtual Connectathon to Build Next Generation of FHIR
BOSTON – May 26, 2022 – For the first time, CommonWell Health Alliance® hosted a connectathon with 11 of its Service Adopters to test its Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) services as it works to build the next generation of FHIR for clinical data exchange. While CommonWell has been using FHIR for document-based exchange for some time, it’s now preparing [...]
CommonWell Health Alliance FHIR Project: Certificate Authority Request for Information (RFI)
On Oct. 11, 2021, CommonWell Health Alliance issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a Certificate Authority for our upcoming CommonWell FHIR project. CommonWell is requesting the following information from interested Certificate Authorities that would be able to provide the following: Issue and assist with the management of certificates for FHIR-based exchange between CommonWell Service Adopters Offer guidance throughout the FHIR [...]
CommonWell Submits Comments to RCE on the QHIN Technical Framework Draft v1
Sept. 17, 2021 – CommonWell Health Alliance submitted comments to the RCE on the QHIN Technical Framework Draft V1 as published July 28, 2021. We have always supported a fully connected nationwide ecosystem that links providers of all types and recognize we cannot do this alone. We support the goals and objectives of TEFCA and look forward to being one [...]
CommonWell Commentary on 2022 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) final rule; new Health Information Exchange (HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange measure
Sept. 15, 2021 – On Aug. 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the FY 2022 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) final rule, which takes effect on Oct. 1, 2021. Included in the rule was a new Health Information Exchange (HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange measure for promoting interoperability in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program, to [...]
