TEFCA, short for the “Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement,” was established by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) under the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016. Initial drafts for the access and exchange of health information, were released in 2018 and 2019. TEFCA’s goal is to reduce the barriers for sharing…
In today’s healthcare landscape, employers, insurers and government agencies, including Medicare, the DoD and VA, etc. are under great pressure to do more with less—improve employee health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and ensure workforce productivity. One game-changing tool that’s flying under the radar does just that: MedKaz®—a patented, portable personal health record system that puts…
Managing healthcare can feel overwhelming, especially when multiple doctors, specialists, and hospitals are involved. For Elaine, a 62-year-old patient with a complex medical history, keeping track of past diagnoses, medications, and test results was a constant struggle. But everything changed when she discovered MedKaz®. A Frustrating Journey Through Disconnected Care Elaine had seen a cardiologist,…
MedKaz Reimagines How Providers Can Share Their Patient Records, Opening the Way to Unimagined Healthcare Improvements, Savings, and Provider Profits. The traditional method of patient record sharing, called “interoperability,” aims to connect individual provider EHR systems “on the fly,” via networks, enabling seamless record exchange. The issue is the extensive, costly infrastructures needed, including patient…