HealthIT Answers August 23, 2023
Collaborative Advancements and Opportunities Post APIsecure 2023
By Keith Carlson, ONC
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With Health Level Seven (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) application programming interfaces (APIs) now widely available across the United States, health IT developers and application developers should keep up-to-date on API security work and practice good API security hygiene when implementing applications and tools that leverage FHIR APIs.
The health IT community passed a major milestone on December 31, 2022, when more than 95 percent of certified Health IT developers met the compliance deadline to update and provide their customers with new technology. This included requirements to enable access to information through FHIR APIs.
ONC Certification Program support for client authentication
In March 2023, API security professionals...