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Federal agencies quietly joined health data superhighway governing council

Nextgov/FCW · · US Federal · Healthcare Privacy

The rapidly growing superhighway — known as TEFCA — will help federal agencies digitally obtain health records from thousands of hospitals, clinics and other medical providers.

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