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https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-apis-can-turn-your-business-into-a-platform/

The New Rules of Healthcare Platforms: APIs Enable the Platforming of Healthcare

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series The New Rules of Healthcare Platforms

by Vince Kuraitis, Brendan Keeler, and Jody Ranck

Recent regulations have mandated the use of HL7 FHIR APIs (application programming interfaces) to share health data. The regs apply to healthcare providers, payers, and technology developers who participate in federal programs. Many incumbent healthcare organizations are viewing these mandates as a compliance burden. That’s short-sighted. We recommend a more opportunistic POV.

APIs facilitate the sharing of health data across different devices and platforms. By adopting APIs, healthcare organizations can transform themselves from traditional service providers into powerful platforms that can connect patients, providers, and other stakeholders in new and innovative ways.

This blog post is the fourth in the series on The New Rules of Healthcare Platforms. In this essay, we explore the many benefits of API adoption for healthcare organizations and the key considerations that must be taken into account when implementing APIs:

  • Healthcare’s Data Inflection Point
  • APIs Enable Platform Business Models
  • Barriers, Challenges, Reality Check

 

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Slide Presentation: Patient Data Sharing–NOT Hoarding–is the New Normal

PowerPoint slides from the opening keynote of the virtual conference: Health Data Unbound — Innovations in Health Data Sharing.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing.

Open.Epic: A (Not So Open) API

Last week EHR vendor Epic unveiled it’s new API (application programming interface) targeted at developers — more specifically at remote patient monitoring companies and health/wellness apps or portals. Epic seems to have had second thoughts about the site since only remnants of the landing page are still there as of today.