ONC Awards Sequoia Project Agreement To Enhance Interoperability Of Health Information

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced that The Sequoia Project has been awarded a cooperative agreement to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE). The RCE will be responsible for developing, updating, implementing, and maintaining the Common Agreement component of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). The Common Agreement will create the baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks to share electronic health information and is part of ONC’s implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act).

In the Cures Act, Congress directed the U.S. Department of . . .