Kaiser Permanente Releases Open API For Health App Developers

Kaiser Permanente's open API Interchange provides the code for developers to create health apps that help consumers to manage their lifestyle.

Kaiser Permanente, a nonprofit health care system, has unveiled Interchange, a secure open API that will allow application developers to collaborate with KP on applications that allow users to manage health conditions.

Interchange will enable developers to integrate KP's data on its facility locations into their apps through the company's developer portal.

By accessing KP's public data using Interchange, app developers will be able to shorten their production time and align apps to consumers'  lifestyles, the company reported.