TechTarget July 25, 2018
Blue Button 2.0 is a new healthcare API aimed at making sense of Medicare claims. Developed by the U.S. Digital Service at HHS, the API is in 500 developer hands so far.
In the ongoing battle to make healthcare data ubiquitous, the U.S. Digital Service for the Department of Health and Human Services has developed a new API, Blue Button 2.0, aimed at sharing Medicare claims information.
Blue Button 2.0 is part of an API-first strategy within HHS’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and it comes at a time when a number of major companies, including Apple, have embraced the potential of healthcare APIs. APIs are the building blocks of applications and make it easier for developers to...