Innovation Roundtable

API’s in Healthcare- Enabling data integration across disparate systems

Stephanie Severa, Application Development Team Lead, IT Data Management, UnityPoint Health

& Wade Bellon, Manager, IT Data Management, UnityPoint Health

Have you ever been frustrated when entering extra information about yourself into a form, when you know they should already have this information? In healthcare, we strive to improve experiences for our patients, providers, and other staff who use our systems, and have leveraged APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to decrease the work needed to perform certain tasks across our system.  UnityPoint Health’s technical ecosystem relies on movement and integrity of data – for patients, providers and staff – vital to the accuracy and efficiency for the services we provide.  We’ll provide an introduction to APIs – what they are, why they are important, and how they are used; then we’ll share some examples that we’ve implemented to show you some creative uses of APIs in our organization.

Register today HERE or contact Mollie Ross at mollie@technologyiowa.org.