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1 APIs: Overdue or Overhyped? The Promise of APIs to Drive Interoperability Todays Speakers 2 Micky Tripathi Ryan Howells Kristen Valdes President & CEO Principal Founder & CEO Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Leavitt


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APIs: Overdue or Overhyped?

The Promise of APIs to Drive Interoperability

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Today’s Speakers

Micky Tripathi Ryan Howells Kristen Valdes

President & CEO Principal Founder & CEO Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Leavitt Partners b.well

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APIs Facilitate Interoperability

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Unlocking EHRs with APIs

  • APIs allow access to data stored within EHRs
  • APIs enable the development of new tools to improve care

Patient access to data Interoperability Clinical decision support

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Government’s Priority: Patient-Facing

  • ONC regulations: 2015 Edition
  • Patient-facing APIs
  • Common Clinical Data Set
  • Leveraged by technology developers
  • CMS requiring use of 2015 Edition EHRs
  • Spurring availability
  • Hospitals not necessarily turning on this capability
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The Next Step: “Open” APIs

  • 21st Century Cures Act
  • “All data elements”
  • “Accessed exchanged and used without special effort”
  • Beyond patient access—other use cases, too
  • Proprietary APIs
  • Restrictions apply to use
  • “Open” APIs
  • Documentation available to developers
  • Not necessarily a standard API
  • Security and authentication still required
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Recent Rules from ONC & CMS

ONC CMS Clinical data (Common Clinical Data Set plus clinical notes, provenance, etc.) Primarily claims data (adjudicated claims, cost-sharing, drug benefit, etc.) Enable a variety of use cases Patient-focused Standards-based (FHIR) Standards-based (FHIR) API documentation publicly available API documentation publicly available Oversight of EHRs; leverage CMS for provider adoption Oversight of health plans; leverage ONC for standards

Comments due May 3!

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THANK YOU!

  • Ben Moscovitch,Project Director, Health Information Technology
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts

@benmoscovitch