The ecosystem of apps and software integrated with certified health information technology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study: 1) characterized the app market by EHR app gallery and type of app; 2) tracked changes in the EHR app galleries from the end of 2019 through 2020; and 3) examined how apps connect to EHR data systems, and if the apps support the HL7 FHIR standard.

Materials and methods

We developed a program that gathered data from the public app galleries hosted by Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner Corporation, Epic Systems Corporation, and SMART. Data collection for this study began in December 2019 and ended December 2020. The program was run 11 times during this period, and the data collected were used to generate the findings and trends observed in this study.

Results

The total number of unique apps increased from 600 to 734 during the study period. The most

SUBMITTER: Barker W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8510286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature