Epic, the nation’s largest electronic health record system, has launched a new Connection Hub where vendors can interoperate with Epic software.
The new site, which opens Jan. 8, 2023, enables vendors with a connection to Epic to list their app and self-report if they have achieved data exchange. Site visitors can see information provided by the vendors, including descriptions and links to websites, and Epic aims to make the hub open for all vendors to easily join the online directory.
Epic will also launch vendor services alongside the Connection Hub, with access to Epic’s newsletters, detailed tutorials, expanded testing sandboxes, and technical support. Vendors that want to be listed can join by providing their information and completing an online questionnaire.
“Epic has a long history of exchanging data with applications,” Sumit Rana, Epic’s SVP of R&D, said in a statement. “And Connection Hub expedites vendors’ ability to show Epic customers that their apps can exchange data with Epic.”
Additionally, Epic’s app market will undergo renovations and relaunch later in 2023. According to Epic, vendors that are currently in its app market will automatically transition to vendor services, with no connections impacted. Vendors receiving services, APIs and testing tools in app market will continue to do so via vendor services. Epic will also provide a simple way for vendors currently listed with a live connection in the app market to transition to Connection Hub.
The launch of the new hub follows Epic’s other efforts to support open standards. The EHR company launched its first wave of standard-based APIs through open.epic in 2014, and it maintains a portfolio of 450 FHIR APIs across 55 Resources including the latest R4 version, one of the largest FHIR API portfolios provided by a major EHR developer.
Amy joined TriMed Media as a Senior Writer for HealthExec after covering home care for three years. When not writing about all things healthcare, she fulfills her lifelong dream of becoming a pirate by sailing in regattas and enjoying rum. Fun fact: she sailed 333 miles across Lake Michigan in the Chicago Yacht Club "Race to Mackinac."