Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange

Acronym: WEDI

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a cross-industry coalition focusing on the use of electronic healthcare information exchange to improve healthcare information exchange, enhance quality of care, improve efficiency, and reduce costs of the American healthcare system. WEDI was named as an advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to transaction standards development. WEDI was formed in 1991 by Secretary of HHS, Dr. Louis Sullivan in an effort to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency of health data exchange and was named in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) legislation as an advisor to the Secretary. Since that time, WEDI has closely interacted with every subsequent U.S. Administration, including the current one. With its close working relationships with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), WEDI has the ability to influence all facets of health IT policy. See, [https://www.wedi.org/](https://www.wedi.org/)