TEFCA

Full Title or Meme

Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)

Context

The context of an FHIR interaction is the transfer of PHI although other transaction could occur of the interchange so established.

Problems

• FHIR is focused on the data access methods and encoding leveraging existing Security solutions. Security in FHIR needs to focus on the set of considerations required to ensure that data can be discovered, accessed, or altered only in accordance with expectations and policies.
• Privacy in FHIR is focused on the data access methods and encoding leveraging existing Security solutions. Security in FHIR needs to focus on the set of considerations required to ensure that data can be discovered, accessed, or altered only in accordance with expectations and policies.

Solutions

FHIR taken as a whole is designed to securely exchange PHI in a Privacy preserving manner.

References

• Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement: A Common Sense Approach to Achieving Health Information Interoperability
• FHIR STU3 version of the Security and Privacy Module has a good overview of protection of health information.