The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is now live, and exchange partners are signing up. Hot on its heels come rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to prevent information blocking as required by the 21st Century Cures Act. 

According to a panel at the interoperability forum at the HIMSS23 global conference in Chicago, TEFCA is a needed move by the federal government to advance interoperability and data exchange.