Kaiser Permanente Launches Open API For Health App Development

Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plans, has released an open application programming interface (API) that will allow developers to collaborate with the healthcare system on apps, according to an eWeek article. Called Interchange, the API will enable developers to integrate Kaiser Permanente's data on its facility locations into their apps through the company's developer portal.

With access to Kaiser Permanente's public data using Interchange, app developers will be able to shorten their production time and align apps to consumers'  lifestyles, the company states.

"By giving developers access to our public data, beginning with location information, we are enabling collaboration and co-creation," Madhu Nutakki, vice president of digital presence technologies for Kaiser Permanente, told eWeek. [...]