Achieving QHIN Designation underscores longstanding dedication to interoperability, supporting more than 6.5 billion queries¹ on behalf of clients and empowering organizations to deliver coordinated, value-based care

Netsmart, a pioneer in healthcare interoperability, announced today that it has received designation as a Qualified Health Information Network^® (QHIN^™) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA^™). Through this milestone, Netsmart continues its ongoing dedication to advancing interoperability strategies to facilitate an open exchange of longitudinal healthcare data ─ benefiting individuals receiving care across the healthcare ecosystem.

For more than 10 years, Netsmart has been at the forefront of interoperability efforts, advocating for improved standards like the sharing of behavioral health and substance use data that meet the needs of providers, clinicians, patients and their families. As a founding member of the Carequality network, the organization developed the CareConnect^™ interoperability platform, which offers clients a unified system that integrates with the broader healthcare data ecosystem. Additionally, Netsmart has extensive experience in leveraging Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR^®) technologies and was among the leaders to successfully deploy 360X closed-loop referral management standards, enabling more efficient care transitions─so that clients could target better care coordination and reduced medication errors.

"Achieving QHIN designation marks a significant step forward in our commitment to delivering whole-person care,” said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine “It creates a nationwide on-ramp for interoperability, expanding the types of data and organizations we can collaborate with. This not only enhances seamless data sharing across health systems but also supports our clients’ value-based care and patient outcome goals. We’ve built a simple, standard model to help our clients to participate quickly and effectively, paving the way for a brighter future in healthcare connectivity."

As the first electronic health record (EHR) provider built primarily for human services and post-acute care to become a Designated QHIN, this achievement further solidifies its leadership in advancing interoperability standards and enabling secure, compliant data sharing. Clients and organizations that join the TEFCA network will benefit from broadened nationwide interoperability, expanded data exchange purposes and access to an open, secure healthcare data sharing network that streamlines referrals, coordination and transitions of care.

The QHIN designation process is overseen by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) and managed by The Sequoia Project as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE). After thorough technology testing, Netsmart joins an exclusive group of designated QHIN participants, leveraging additional data sharing purposes across both private and federal sectors.

As a Designated QHIN, Netsmart will empower its clients with an open interoperability network that connects community-based care providers, payers, health systems and other key care stakeholders. This helps essential health information to be transferred swiftly and securely, supporting continuity of care and giving providers a view into each patient’s health history. Ultimately, this supports providers’ ability to provide patient care and transforms workflows by delivering comprehensive, timely data.

This important designation as a QHIN underscores the Netsmart continued commitment to driving innovation and adoption of interoperability across the communities we serve.

About Netsmart

Netsmart is an industry-leading healthcare technology organization empowering providers to deliver value-based care to the individuals and communities they serve. The Netsmart CareFabric^® platform serves as a unified, connected framework of solutions and services for human services, post-acute, payer and public sector communities. Together with our clients and Marketplace vendors, we develop and deliver innovative technology, including electronic health records (EHRs), interoperability, analytics, augmented intelligence (AI), population health management and telehealth solutions and services that assist organizations in transforming the care they deliver. The result has helped make a positive impact on the lives of more than 147 million individuals.

For more than 55 years, Netsmart has helped provider organizations in their efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we collectively serve. To learn more, visit ntst.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook or X.

¹ Data collected from 1/1/2018-6/3/2025 showcasing cumulative transactions via Netsmart CareConnect™

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“Achieving QHIN designation is a step forward in our commitment to delivering whole-person care. It creates a nationwide on-ramp for interoperability, expanding the types of data & organizations we can collaborate with," said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine.