Kaiser Permanente Launches Open API

Today, on stage at Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Kaiser Permanente, a Rock Health partner, announced the launch of its first application programming interface program, InterchangeSM.  Initially, Interchange will make Kaiser’s public facility and location information available for third-party developers to integrate into apps. This includes location, hours of operation and specialty information for Kaiser Permanente’s hospitals and medical offices, encompassing over 600 facilities. Additionally, in the future Kaiser plans to increase the number of securely accessible public data sets to include more health and wellness data, health plan data, brand-related data, and research publications.  Personal health information will not be made available externally via API technology.

”We know how powerful timely access to full and accurate information can be in health care. We see it every day with our electronic health record. Empowering and engaging consumers through data rich applications is effective in moving towards total health management. [...]."