Becker's Healthcare February 17, 2020
As healthcare continues to become more digitized, data-sharing technologies such as application programming interfaces (APIs) are becoming key to enhancing clinical decision support and a more efficient and enhanced user experience, according to Tressa Springmann, CIO at LifeBridge Health.
Ms. Springmann oversees information technology, telehealth and the health information management functions at the Baltimore-based health system. Since joining LifeBridge Health in 2012, she has participated in the health system’s pioneering support for APIs and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FIHR), a data-sharing standard used to facilitate easier electronic access and exchange of clinical data.
While LifeBridge Health has rolled out various FHIR and API initiatives both with vendor partners and independently, Ms. Springmann said the industry “still has a...