By Christine Moundas, Minal Caron and Evander Williams ( February 15, 2018, 12:34 PM EST) -- On Jan. 5, 2018, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), an office within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released its draft Trusted Exchange Framework, setting forth a road map for a public-private partnership designed to promote interoperability among health information networks (HINs).[1] This article describes the draft framework, which outlines a common set of principles and minimum terms and conditions for trusted exchange. This article also addresses some of the questions that remain in evaluating whether this new voluntary arrangement will incentivize HINs and other stakeholders to participate on a scale that will successfully advance the goal of nationwide interoperability of health information technology platforms....