Leveraging API Infrastructure to Avoid Healthcare Data Silos

To make quick, well-informed judgments, healthcare providers depend on detailed patient data. Unfortunately, the legacy healthcare systems that have piled on top of one another have caused our current healthcare ecosystem to develop into a collection of data silos. These data silos were built as a result of deliberate business decisions to hold data, making it more difficult for new entrants, including EHR platforms and practices.

Due in large part to the growing usage of conventional electronic health records (EHRs) and worries about data security, these silos have increased in size and volume over time, further separating patient data. Sharing patient data among healthcare professionals has become challenging as a result.