FAQ Question
Direct Exchange
FAQ Answer
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is driving a 10 year strategic plan under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enable and drive adoption of HIE.
ONC funded initial research grants to create the Direct Project (Direct), which is a set of standards, protocols and services that enable simple, secure electronic transport of health information (push messaging) between healthcare participants (e.g. providers, labs, etc.), known as Health Information Exchange (HIE).
Message exchange via Direct requires certificates for:
Digital Signing
Data Encryption
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