Healthcare Innovation July 26, 2019
The government’s proposed commitments to FHIR and APIs affirm its continued belief in making patient data more easily accessible
When two federal health agencies released proposed rules in February that affirmed their previous commitments to the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard and application programming interfaces (APIs), it was a mixed bag of emotions for senior executives at HL7 International, the standards organization tasked with accelerating FHIR.
On one hand, HL7 was “thankful and gratified” to see this commitment to FHIR start to become a reality, but at the same time, the quick acceleration of the standard “on such a grand scale” was somewhat scary, says Wayne Kubick, chief technology officer of HL7. “Our job is trying to make sure...
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