Developer Portal for Healthcare APIs Launched: Three Key Access Points Provided
Portal para desarrolladores de API Gateway - InterCommunity Health Network CCO
Summary
Samaritan Health Plans has launched a developer portal for its API Gateway, providing access to patient data, drug formulary information, and provider directories. This allows users to securely and easily access multiple healthcare datasets through standardized FHIR-based interfaces.
Details
In compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations, Samaritan Health Plans has released a developer portal for its API Gateway, providing interfaces to three critical areas of health information. The portal offers access to: 1. **Patient Access API**: Complies with CARIN IG for Blue Button and US CORE guidelines, enabling secure data exchange via FHIR standard. 2. **Drug Formulary API**: Complies with DaVinci Payer Data Exchange (PDex) U.S. Drug Formulary guideline, providing drug information through FHIR. 3. **Provider Directory API**: Complies with DaVinci Plan-Net PDEX guidelines, offering identification and search data for healthcare providers via FHIR. All APIs are built on the HL7 FHIR standard. Developers must utilize HealthTrio for support. This initiative aims to standardize and improve the usability of US healthcare data exchange while meeting regulatory requirements (CMS). Technical details and questions regarding each API require consulting specified guidelines or contacting HealthTrio.
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