One of the largest EHR providers, Epic software solutions, has announced the launch of Connection Hub, a website for health IT vendors to report interoperability. The website will act as a platform allowing vendors to list their apps and self-report that they have achieved success in data exchange with Epic electronic health records software. The new site will start operating on January 9th, 2023 providing a simple way for developers to inform the world that they connect to Epic solution.
The importance of Connection Hub
Connection Hub’s website will be open to all health IT vendors, making it easy for them to join the online directory. Vendors who desire to be listed on the website can join by filling out an optional questionnaire and providing their information. With Connection Hub, Epic will also start Vendor Services, which will give access to Epic’s newsletters, technical services, detailed tutorials, and expanding testing sandboxes.
Connection Hub is open to all vendors, while the App Market is only accessible to App Market participants. The goal is to reduce barricades for health IT vendors so they can smoothly join the online directory.
Epic EMR Software has always supported open standards and Connection Hub is a reflection of that. Back in 2014, Epic launched its first ever standard-based APIs through open.epic. Epic has a portfolio of 450 FHIR APIs across 55 Resources, including the newest R4 version.
App Market renovations
The App Market will go through renovations and will relaunch in 2023. Vendors that are in the APP Market will automatically transfer to Vendor Services. This transition will have no impact on the services received by the vendors. They will continue to smoothly receive testing tools and APIs through Vendor Services.
Epic solutions have a long history of interoperability with applications. Connection Hub which is an interoperability hub will accelerate the vendor’s ability to show Epic EMR Software users that their apps can seamlessly exchange data with Epic. When data is interoperable, it can optimize health outcome levels for populations at large.
