Application Programming Interfaces

FHIR Interoperability Basics: 4 Things to Know

February 23, 2022 - As health data interoperability becomes an increasingly pressing concern for providers, developers and vendors are paying a great deal more attention to the data standards that will enable seamless, on-demand information exchange. The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, commonly known as FHIR, quickly became one of the most popular protocols...

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Working Toward Seamless Care Delivery with Real-Time Data

by Jessica Kent

Current care delivery is, for the most part, conducted on an episodic basis. Patients generally see their doctors when they don’t feel well, limiting clinicians’ ability to provide...

Population Health App May Facilitate Large-Scale Data Sharing

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A population health app may allow payers to access permitted data and metrics on covered populations, potentially creating a foundation for pay-for-performance and assessment of value-based care. In a...

ONC Project Aims to Facilitate Real-World Data Access, Exchange

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ONC recently released results from its Coordinated Registry Network for Women’s Health Technology project, a joint effort with the FDA and NIH to facilitate real-world data access and...

3 States to Use Apple, Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing System

by Jessica Kent

Alabama, North Dakota, and South Carolina are the first states to publicly comment about using Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing technology, now available to public health agencies on...

ONC: Data Standards, Security Key to Precision Medicine Success

by Jessica Kent

ONC is working to advance precision medicine research by supporting projects that improve health data standards, adopting policies that support data security and privacy, and promoting data sharing...

KLAS: Artificial Intelligence Success Requires Partnership, Training

by Jessica Kent

To ensure success with artificial intelligence in healthcare, provider organizations should bring together experts in AI, data science, and analytics, while vendors should provide strong customer...

Providers Use Automated Deep Learning to Develop Diagnostic Models

by Jessica Kent

Using automated deep learning tools, physicians with no coding experience were able to develop medical image diagnostic classifiers, showing that automated deep learning is a viable way to increase the...

AMA Calls for More Data Privacy in Proposed Health IT Rules

by Jessica Kent

The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling on CMS and ONC to implement stricter data privacy controls in their health IT proposals. In comments submitted to CMS, AMA responded to the...

CMS Sets Rules, Cautions Penalties for Information Blocking, APIs, FHIR

by Jennifer Bresnick

CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator have released long-awaited proposed rules governing interoperability, health data blocking, the use of APIs, and the expanding role of FHIR. Just ahead...

Data Standards, Security Key to Healthcare Interoperability

by Jessica Kent

Data standards, security and privacy requirements, and advanced health IT systems are critical to achieve full healthcare interoperability, according to a report from the Hospital Agenda for...

ONC Health Data Exchange Winner Adds Immunization Data

by Jessica Kent

The Docket app, the winning submission in ONC’s Move Health Data Forward (MHDF) Challenge, is adding a new feature that will help individuals access their personal and family immunization...

HHS: Data Access, Analytics Are Essential for Patient-Centered Care

by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare organizations are making progress towards a more interoperable data ecosystem, but patients, providers, and payers are still facing data access, integration, and analytics challenges that...

Rucker: Without APIs, Artificial Intelligence Will Fail in Healthcare

by Jennifer Bresnick

As the healthcare industry looks just over the horizon to a busy, eventful, and competitive 2019, artificial intelligence tools are likely to take on an increasingly important role across the care...

FHIR is Blazing a Path to Patient-Centered, Data-Driven Healthcare

by Jennifer Bresnick

Only a few short years after the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources were introduced to the healthcare industry, almost no one knows what they are. The lengthy, somewhat cumbersome proper name has nearly disappeared from print, and...

ONC Announces Winners of $2M Health IT Interoperability Award

by Jessica Kent

ONC has announced the two winners of the Leading Edge Acceleration Edge (LEAP) in Health IT funding opportunity, who will receive awards totaling $2 million to address emerging and future challenges in...

Data Standards, API Development Will Support Health Data Exchange

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Shared data standards and industry-wide adoption of application programming interfaces (APIs) will be key to promoting improved health data exchange, according to a recent brief from the Pew Charitable...

3 Steps to Reduce Diagnostic, Medication Errors with EHRs, APIs

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Health IT has become an integral part of the care continuum, offering the promise of optimal, standardized care delivery. However, poor development and implementation of electronic health records...

US Digital Service Revamps CMS, QPP User Experience from the Inside Out

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The notorious inefficiency of the federal government has long been a common complaint for citizens, businesses, and other entities attempting to acquire information, apply for programs, or receive...

Pew: Better Patient Matching, APIs Will Enhance Interoperability

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Improved patient matching, the effective use of application program interfaces (APIs), and standardized clinical data will enhance interoperability in Medicare and increase health data access for...

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