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Top Healthcare APIs to Watch out for in 2022!
The healthcare sector is gradually evolving to embrace a novel approach. Paper-based
records are being digitalized utilizing advanced software data structures. Medical entities are
using healthcare applications and systems to collect, process, and digitally store healthcare
information. Healthcare API’s are being utilized in a big way in the healthcare industry to
integrate information from different devices and systems. Let’s look at some contributions of
healthcare APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) in the healthcare industry.
A healthcare API establishes a connection between various medical apps and systems for
creating interoperability. These APIs are primarily proxy layers that are placed on healthcare
apps, systems, and databases; they allow the stakeholders of the organization to access or
repurpose these apps and databases. APIs enable greater interoperability between
healthcare systems and drive the management of the entire healthcare digital environment.
Some of the top contributions of Healthcare APIs are booking online appointments,
integrating EHRs & wearables, monitoring patients remotely, and executing payments.
Let’s gain handy insights on healthcare APIs and explore the most noteworthy APIs that
every healthcare service provider must be well versed in 2022!
What is a Healthcare API and how does it work?
A healthcare API refers to a digital structure that connects an app with the information stored
on a server. Healthcare APIs allow an app to gather and access medical data from a digital
database. APIs can also serve the purpose of storing healthcare records and sharing this
information with other stakeholders whenever needed. When an app requires to access
medical data, a GET request is sent to the connected API. The information is thereafter

transmitted to the application in XML or JSON format. Medical apps consume this data in a
specific format, as they are programmed to accept the data in the desired way.
Top Healthcare APIs to consider in 2022
ApiMedic Symptom Checker
This is a modular healthcare API that provides symptom checker features for the main
program. Healthcare app developers use this API to integrate features that allow users to
check disease symptoms. The symptom checker functionality helps users to identify
diseases they are possibly suffering from. It also provides patients with additional healthcare
information related to diseases and directs them to the most relevant doctor as per the
disease identified. This API comes with a testing environment and different pricing options.

CONTUS MirrorFly API
This healthcare API brings about effectiveness, flexibility, and transparency in the processes
of interacting with patients and sharing medical data. It offers outstanding doctor-patient
communication in real-time at any hour. Practitioners using this API can share prescriptions
and diagnostic images via digital channels for providing more personalized treatment to
patients.
It offers loads of live streaming abilities, chat options, the group calling feature, and
numerous end-to-end custom voice/video calling functionalities for customers. Utilizing the
group calling feature, doctors can create online counseling sessions for a huge group of
audiences. This API is flexible enough to integrate with any third-party device like Android,
iOS, or web applications facilitating the creation of ideal telehealth platforms.
Particle Health API
This API enables over 250 million US consumers to access patient records from most EHR
systems across the country via a single point of entry. The API is pre-integrated with a major
chunk of the labs and pharmacies in the US. The API complies with HIPAA, C-CDA, and
FHIR standards. One unique benefit of this API is its capability to screen patients for
detecting co-morbidities related to the Covid19 virus.
ChironHealth API
This telemedicine API can effortlessly integrate into a third-party application for providing
services like online appointment scheduling, management of healthcare devices, and
insurance reimbursement. And, the best part is that these services can be executed via
instant messaging. Also, reimbursement codes can be added to the videos, thereby
simplifying the complexity of the billing process in telemedicine apps.
Allscripts API
With this API, healthcare app developers can integrate as well as create EHR (Electronic
Health Record) software based on Allscripts. Such software enables seamless data
exchange between EHR software systems and third-party apps. This allows a medical
provider to share medical information with another provider or stakeholder accurately and
speedily.
At present, this API functions with 14 USCDI classes and allows developers to test
integrations, using the compatible sandbox environment. However, this API can only be
used by developers who are registered with Allscripts. Healthcare providers that wish to use
Allscripts products need to register for ADP (Allscripts Developer Program).
Eligible API
This is a real-time healthcare API that simplifies processes like healthcare payment and
insurance billing for the consumers as well as providers unanimously. Eligible API provides
an in-depth report on 1000+ insurance firms and also streamlines insurance verifications
and claims processing tasks. Here, the standard eligibility transaction, X12 EDI 270 is used,

it’s then formatted in JSON for initiating an HTTP request. This way, the EDI transaction set
becomes all the more accessible to developers and the apps used by consumers. The X12
standards are well managed behind the scenes to provide users access to features like
medical subscriptions, coinsurances, dependent plan memberships, etc. in a format that is
human-readable.
Human API
This AWS-empowered healthcare API is a real-time digital healthcare data network that
allows medical providers to deliver quality services to their patients. It assists in establishing
a connection between patient portals, hospitals, EMRs, clinics, pharmacies, imaging
laboratories, and insurance companies across the US. Using this API, millions of users can
sync their healthcare data like medical history, lab test results, e-prescriptions, wearable
devices, etc. into one single secure platform. Authorized users such as practitioners,
healthcare professionals, etc. can access these records for treatment-related tasks. Every
piece of healthcare information whether it is in transit or at rest is encrypted. Moreover, the
data can be shared by customers irrespective of the data source and the data collection
process. Furthermore, users can fully control access to their health data and decide which
medical entities will be able to view their data.
The API gathers medical data from multiple sources and then, converts it into a format that
is compatible with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). This process is
executed using AI algorithms and medical API vendors. You can feed diverse types of
medical data of a single patient into this API. It supports numerous data elements such as
demographics, genetic characteristics, health conditions, allergies, medication, immunization
records, medical insurance claims, meal plans, test outcomes, sleep patterns, social history,
health vitals, activities, and medical provider information. Human API also offers free
medical APIs for conducting testing activities.
Google Cloud Healthcare API
This API offers an enterprise-grade healthcare app development environment that is well-
managed and scalable as it enjoys the support of popular medical data standards like
DICOM, HL7, HL7V2, and FHIR. It’s ideal for securely developing clinical apps and analytics
solutions on Google Cloud. For example, healthcare data is imported from different sources
including wearable devices and EHRs, and transformed into the FHIR format. And, data files
are stored, managed, and analyzed by converting the data into the DICOM (Digital Imaging
and Communication in Medicine) format.
Google Cloud Healthcare API simplifies the data exchange process happening between
Cloud-based medical apps & solutions. It offers a RESTful interface for delivering medical
data and intelligent insights. It also provides a host of analytical tools like vCloud, BigQuery,
DataLab, AutoML, Datalow, Vertex AI, Cloud ML Engine, and Tableau. These tools confer
machine learning abilities to the API and allow far-sighted visualization of medical data. For
instance, Vertex AI provides ML capabilities, Dataflow offers pre-built connectors for
processing streaming data, and BigQuery promotes scalable analytics. Using the Google
Cloud Healthcare API, one can integrate devices, locations, datasets, policies, etc. in real-
time.

This API not only ensures the security of your medical data but also fulfills the specific
requirements of the healthcare sector like adherence to regulatory compliances. Google
Cloud Healthcare API is backed by the privacy and security standards of Google, is
HITRUST CSF certified, and supports HIPAA compliance.
Amazon Comprehend Medical API
This is a HIPAA compliant healthcare API that extracts data from different sources like trial
reports, EHRs, practitioners’ notes, lab test results, etc. ML algorithms and NLP (natural
language processing) technology are employed to automatically draw terms describing
patients’ medical condition, parts of the body, treatment methodologies, medication plans,
etc. These drawings are linked to unique codes obtained from RxNorm and ICD-10-CM
datasets. This API identifies phrases related to PHI like names, IDs, age, contact numbers,
and addresses of patients.
Two distinct sets of APIs are used for connecting healthcare entities with standardized
names – Ontology Linking APIs and Text Analysis APIs. Healthcare documents must be
added to the Amazon S3 storage for availing of the services of this API. This service is a
paid one and users are charged as per the amount of usage.
Microsoft Azure API for FHIR
Microsoft Azure API ensures the privacy of patients’ medical data. Healthcare systems use
this API to consolidate their legacy documents stored in different repositories into Cloud
storage. The API takes the help of medical API vendors to store PHI securely, adhering to
FHIR standards. This API comes with a unique IoT connecter that ingests biometric data
from different healthcare devices, EHR systems, and other data sources like research
databases. The IoT connecter also processes biometric signals, converts the biometric data
into FHIR, analyzes the data, and creates IoMT systems.
Healthcare organizations using Azure cloud services can create rich datasets and reap the
benefits of implementing software tools related to business intelligence. The API comes with
a power BI FHIR connecter that links the BI platform and the FHIR API for visualizing data
and intelligent analytics. This healthcare API adheres to most standard compliances
including HIPAA.
The top use cases of Microsoft Azure API include scalable EHR systems, dashboards for
patient reporting, remote monitoring systems for patients, clinical decision-making
processes, and healthcare analytics.
Closing Views:
Healthcare providers, particularly start-ups, are still reluctant to employ APIs owing to some
limitations existing in this arena. Several APIs provide a uni-directional data flow resulting in
read-only access for patients. The complexity of API implementation and vulnerability to
cybersecurity threats are other bottlenecks that keep medical organizations from adopting
APIs.

The aforesaid challenges can be resolved if you partner with an experienced healthcare
application development company to build user-friendly and customized healthcare
solutions for your company. A proficient app development service will know the correct use
of APIs based on your specific project requirements and guide you through the right path.

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