AHIMA January 4, 2021
Debra Primeau, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, and Jaime James, MHA, RHIA

The Cures Act gives patients unprecedented power over their own health data. HIM professionals will play a big part in helping consumers wield it responsibly and securely.

Editor’s Note: In December, the authors published a primer on the information blocking final rule, which you can read at the Journal of AHIMA. It contains context useful for this article on apps and APIs.

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are among the fastest growing software technologies in the world, influencing the way we work and play in the real world, and interact with each other online.

Without leaping into a morass of technical jargon and acronyms, an API is software that bridges two or more applications, allowing data to flow irrespective of each...

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