Top 7 Healthcare, Fitness and Medical API’s & SDK’s
There are a lot of innovative things happening in around healthcare, wearables, new insurance companies, ACOs, amazing new software and hardware; All with the goal of having a better healthcare experience.
The healthcare system in the United States and around the world can be better. At drchrono we care about making the technology fade into the background so patients and physicians can focus on what is important, quality of care and keep everyone around us healthy. So it is core for us to have the most state of the art innovative API we can. There are a number of companies that feel the same way.
Below are some of the most innovative companies I’ve seen around in healthcare tackling that one specific problem, allowing data to flow easily from doctor to patient, doctor to doctor and medical practices and institutions through an API (application programming interface). Having software talk, sending health focused data back and forth is critical, flowing from medical practice to hospital to family member. If you are thinking about leveraging an API to innovate – to push and pull healthcare data I recommend taking a look at the all of the APIs below –
(1) Box API
box Inc has a great API to store healthcare data. The company also has great security controls around metadata and data sharing. If you’re thinking about building something in and around HIPAA compliant storage, look at the box API.
(2) Human API
Human API allows access to data via their API. They have a Restful API and they connect into large healthcare network’s. One great example app that is using HumanAPI to connect healthcare networks is Glow, they are leveraging Human API so they don’t have to make those connection to some older health networks.
(3)FHIR Argonaut API Standard
The government is working on fixing the healthcare API issue. The main initiative around this is FHIR Argonaut. FHIR Argonaut is an up-and-coming API that is state-of-the-art and Restful, it is open source on GIT and backed by the government. The API is in its early stages but keep an eye out for this one.
https://hl7-fhir.github.io/argonauts.html
(4)BetterDoctor API
Better Doctor is a company that helps you find the right physician for you. They have an API. If you need to find out something about doctors. They allow partners to connect in to get information about a physician, location, contact info and more.
https://developer.betterdoctor.com/
(5)Doximity API
Doximity has an API for doctors, think of doximity as the LinkedIn for physicians. If you wanted to connect and build with some great information in and around doctors take a look at their API.
https://www.doximity.com/developers/home
(6)drchrono API and SDK
drchrono is an electronic health records company, that focuses on mobility on iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and responsive web. Wehave an API focused on medical records, practice management, scheduling and medical billing. With over 70k physicians, over 4+ million patients and over 500+ million in medical billing processed per year, we have the most modern medical records Restful API, leveraging Physician OAuth and Single Sign on.
(7) Apple HealthKit API and SDK
Apple has a great API and SDK called HealthKit, it allows a developer to build an app on iOS and push and pull data into and out of the app. Apple’s Health app is where you can view this information. Apple announced a bunch of new HealthKit metrics at WWDC 2015 — metrics that include UV exposure, how often you’re seated, reproductive health, and track a woman’s period.
https://developer.apple.com/healthkit/
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Article by Daniel Kivatinos, COO and cofounder, drchrono
Daniel drives direction, brand vision, and business strategy for drchrono. Daniel’s focus has been in the technology space since 2001, as a software engineer and entrepreneur. Daniel holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Computer Science & Psychology from Stony Brook University. ~ Life is short, build stuff that matters. |
Medical APIs … exciting stuff.