Data-driven healthcare improves patient safety, reduces waste. Stanford uses total patient data to avoid negative drug interactions, costly repeat tests. Interoperability between health IT systems aids understanding of care history. HHS's TEFCA enables universal interoperability using private-public partnership, collaborative approach. Lack of single connection point impedes patient data sharing, reduces healthcare quality. TEFCA's network-interconnectivity eliminates need for multiple legal agreements, connection points. Stanford, an early TEFCA adopter, envisions comprehensive patient care. Participation in TEFCA marks easy nationwide interoperability.

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Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a nationwide health information exchange network, launched after a decade's planning by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The initiative aims for secure, seamless data exchange and increased patient healthcare data access. However, Don Rucker, former ONC chief, criticizes the initiative's archaic data exchange protocol could deter use and impede interoperability. He suggests TEFCA should be modernized to handle computable data for improved functionality. Despite ONC's promise to support modern APIs by 2024, Rucker remains skeptical without concrete technical plans.

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Google settled a monopoly lawsuit, agreeing to pay $700 million and make minor operational changes. Developers can guide consumers away from Google Play Store for several years if the settlement approved. Google will pay customers who overpaid for apps $629 million, states $70 million for distribution as they see fit, and $1 million for settlement administration. Google will allow third-party app installation for 7 years and give developers the choice of an alternative billing system for 5 years. While many stewardships expire, some argue not real concessions. Critics claim Google's "User Choice Billing" system is a fake choice with a discounted rate of 4% off Google's fee for alternative payment system use. Google reserves the right to prevent developers from linking to their websites for discounts. Overall, Google will not be required to allow links for payment systems. Epic Games CEO criticized the settlement, calling it an "injustice" to Android users and developers.

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