Health IT Security July 18, 2022
Jill McKeon

With healthcare cybersecurity best practices in mind, API adoption can help organizations increase interoperability, efficiency, and security.

Application programming interface (API) adoption is growing rapidly, but healthcare cybersecurity concerns are not far behind.

For healthcare, a breadth of evidence suggests that API adoption could revolutionize interoperability efforts and health data exchange by facilitating patient data access and efficient care delivery.

Cequence researchers observed a 941 percent increase in health monitoring API usage from June to December 2021 alone. In addition, providers are increasingly implementing the API-driven HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard to comply with the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule.

Part of a larger push toward digital transformation and interoperability, the recent uptick in API...

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Topics: Apps, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Health IT, Technology
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