APIs: Overdue or Overhyped? The Promise of APIs to Drive - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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