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In the midst of HLTH, Redox unveils FHIR API

The Madison, Wisconsin-based company will now allow healthcare organizations and developers to use FHIR to exchange data over the Redox network.

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As the inaugural HLTH conference is underway in Las Vegas, health IT startup Redox has some news to share. The Madison, Wisconsin company will now allow healthcare organizations and developers to use FHIR to exchange data over the Redox network.

Founded by former employees of Epic Systems, the startup’s focus is on interoperability. It developed a cloud-based API service that allows organizations to connect and safely swap data.

FHIR, or Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, is a data exchange standard developed by Health Level Seven (HL7).

“We’re releasing our branded Redox FHIR API,” CEO Luke Bonney said during an interview at HLTH. “We’ve been huge proponents of standards from the beginning of Redox.”

R^FHIR is available to the more than 200 organizations that are powered by Redox. It is accessible to entities regardless of their vendor’s support or their implementation of FHIR.

“We’re excited to see how the development community interacts and gives us feedback on what works,” Bonney added.

In addition to the latest news, he touched on his company’s partnership with Brigham Health, which includes Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization. The deal, which was announced last fall, gives the institution the opportunity to work more efficiently with digital health startups and vendors.

At HIMSS this year, Redox unveiled a different type of partnership: one with a specialty EHR vendor. PointClickCare joined forces with the company in an effort to enable the business to exchange post-acute patient information with health systems.

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