What You Should Know
- At the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Technology Ecosystem event, HealthEx introduced HealthEx Wallet (a TEFCA-accredited personal health record app) and announced a major integration with Sharecare’s AskMD.
- HealthEx operates as a federally accredited Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) Individual Access Services (IAS) provider. It verifies identities using the IAL2 standard and manages records under enterprise-grade HIPAA encryption.
- The Sharecare AskMD partnership enables users to securely connect their lifetime clinical records (labs, medications, conditions, notes) directly to AskMD’s health navigation engine, replacing fragmented self-reporting with unified health data.
- Users maintain complete control over data connections, choosing exactly what records to share with doctors, plans, digital health apps, or AI platforms—and retain the ability to revoke access instantly from one unified dashboard.
- Rollout begins immediately for ecosystem partners and CMS waitlist members, expanding to Medicare App Library users over the coming weeks. Wearable data streams and appointment prep features arrive later in 2026.
TEFCA IAS Rail and Sharecare AskMD Integration
HealthEx operates as a secure trust and interoperability layer connecting enterprise health systems to consumer applications:
- TEFCA Individual Access Services (IAS) Integration: Taps into TEFCA and FHIR endpoint directories to query and pull medical records nationwide automatically upon identity verification.
- IAL2 Federal Identity Verification: Ensures every record query and data link is grounded in federal-grade digital identity verification (IAL2) and HIPAA-compliant encryption.
- Granular Consent & Revocation Layer: Provides users with a single dashboard showing active and inactive app permissions, enabling instant, one-tap access revocation.
- Clinical Context Engine for AskMD: Ingests structured labs, medications, diagnoses, and unstructured clinical notes directly into Sharecare’s AskMD health navigation engine, sharpening personalized symptom guidance and local in-network care routing.
As HealthEx expands Wallet access across Medicare members and integrates wearable data streams, it establishes a vital operational blueprint for how consumer-permissioned data networks will power the next era of personal, AI-guided healthcare.
