Health Gorilla's Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN)
Health Gorilla Achieves QHIN Designation
Health Gorilla’s QHIN will serve as a national node for secure, nationwide health data exchange under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
Join Health Gorilla’s QHIN
As a Participant in Health Gorilla’s QHIN, your organization can:
- Participate in a secure, federally-endorsed framework for nationwide data exchange
- Be among the first to query for new exchange purposes such as IAS and payment
- Exchange data seamlessly with a growing network of organizations as TEFCA exchange expands
- Capture future government incentives as federal agencies push for TEFCA adoption
- Make data actionable with Health Gorilla's data processing engine
Unlock the full value of TEFCA with QHIN connectivity, data platform, and value-add data solutions
Participate in TEFCA and California’s DxF
We’re the only dual-designated QHIN & QHIO, enabling organizations to capture future state & federal incentives.
Normalize patient data into a longitudinal record
Health Gorilla’s platform maximizes the quality of patient data, making it organized and actionable for care teams.
In-house tech and client support
Our full-time engineering and customer support staff provide responsive support and help you achieve faster time-to-value.
Be the first to retrieve and utilize complete data, leveraging all permitted use cases
As a designated QHIN, Health Gorilla will be one of the first organizations to unlock new permitted use cases, beginning with Treatment and Individual Access Services. Our products will eventually allow clients to retrieve and utilize more complete health data leveraging all permitted use cases.
Frequently asked questions
Why should my organization join TEFCA?
Do I have to join a QHIN?
Do I have to sign any additional documents?
If I am a Health Gorilla client today, how do I join?
What does it cost to join the Health Gorilla QHIN?
Who are the other designated QHINs?
What purposes of use will be exchanged via the QHINs?
Are there incentives for early adopters?
Health Gorilla is approved for onboarding as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).
On February 13, 2023, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra recognized Health Gorilla for achieving operational, privacy, and functional requirements to exchange health data nationally under TEFCA.
Health Gorilla’s QHIN application was approved by The Sequoia Project.
Once QHINs are fully implemented, if designated, Health Gorilla will act as a connectivity broker to enable nationwide data exchange for an expanding set of healthcare organizations, supporting permitted purposes such as Treatment and Individual Access Services to begin with, and future additional use cases such as Payment, Health Care Operations, Public Health, and Public Benefit Determination.
Health Gorilla's QHIN application has been approved
What Health Gorilla would offer as a QHIN
Health Gorilla is committed to supporting legal, functional, and technical requirements for those health information networks certified as QHINs.
As a Health Gorilla QHIN participant, organizations would be able to leverage:
- High capacity networks to broker the exchange of transactions
- A flexible platform that supports a broad range of standards, including FHIR, HL7, C-CDA, and IHE Profiles
- Streamlined onboarding and robust technical support
- Future products to support upcoming exchange purposes
- A comprehensive security program, ensuring the security of the Health Gorilla Platform and participants
- An industry-leading governance program to ensure the highest level of compliance with industry regulations
What are the benefits of data exchange through a designated QHIN?
- Expanded purposes for exchange of information
- Fewer barriers to connection and greater access to information
- Access to a broader range of provider types and health care organizations
- Decreases in one-off connections and reduction in the intricacies of data exchanges
What are the proposed exchange purposes for the Common Agreement?
Treatment
Payment
Health Care Operations
Public Health
Benefits Determination
Individual Access Service
About QHIN, TEFCA, and 21st Century Cures Act
In an effort to make this information more widely available and understandable we have created a set of documents to help the healthcare community understand and navigate the changes coming.