Industry Bulletins | August 30, 2022
NextGen Healthcare Applies To Become A Qualified Health Information Network
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. announced plans to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). NextGen provides cloud-based health care technology solutions that support more than 100,000 health care professionals. NextGen’s product line currently includes ambulatory electronic health records (EHR), practice management (PM) solutions, and health information exchanges (HIEs).
Under the model laid out by TEFCA, QHINs will exchange information with other QHINs, facilitating a flow of information that is vital to interoperability. Once established, QHINs will support the exchange of treatment, payment, public health and other healthcare-related data . . .