In this episode of This Week in Health Tech, Vik and Jimmy discuss the basics of an API and its impact on digital transformation in health systems.
Here is what they discussed:
- “What is an API?”
- Vik explains to Jimmy how APIs work together with other apps. APIs act like a bridge that connect different systems and make it easy to share data.
- The digital transformation happening now requires APIs to be able to connect apps such as telehealth and remote monitoring.
- “With the Cures Act coming from the government, health systems have to enable data sharing..”
- COVID has certainly accelerated the digital transformation shift, but the shift had already been started. Vik explains the incentives for customers, healthcare, and the government to push for more data sharing, starting ultimately with better patient care.
- “From a CIO standpoint, what do I need to have to run everything efficiently?”
- Vik states that its starts with having the correct strategy. This means being able to plan for the use APIs over the traditional approach for integration.
- “Once you do all the hard work and have the infrastructure in place for APIs, then you can simply reuse it.”
- Vik explains the pros of using APIs over traditional integration.
- “What is the ROI for using APIs over the traditional approach?”
- Vik explains the competitive advantage of using APIs over traditional integration, ranging from reduced work time to providing a better user experience for all parties involved.
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