By a vote of 13-10, the Health IT Policy and Standards committees has approved final suggestions from a task force on application programming interfaces (APIs), but only after an amendment was involved to satisfy dissenting opinions among members.
Meaningful Use Stage 3 needs certified electronic health records to provide an API through which patient information can be viewed, downloaded and transmitted to a third party. APIs, which permit a software program to access the services offere by another software program, are seen as the enabling technology for patients to gain access to their healthcare information that may be held in multiple provider EHR systems.
The API task force presented its final recommendations during a joint May 17 HIT Policy-Standards Committee meeting that generated a spirited debate, primarily around the development of private sector endorsement or certification of API-enabled apps. At issue was the task force’s recommendation that the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT not need centralized certification or testing of the plethora of health apps expected to be generated as a result of widespread adoption of open APIs in healthcare.
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