Real world performance of the 21st Century Cures Act population-level application programming interface.
Real world performance of the 21st Century Cures Act population-level application programming interface.
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21 世纪治愈法案人口级应用程序编程接口的真实世界性能。
DOI:
10.1093/jamia/ocae040
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发表时间:
2024
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Sprouse,Elizabeth
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Jones,JamesR;Gottlieb,Daniel;McMurry,AndrewJ;Atreja,Ashish;Desai,PankajaM;Dixon,BrianE;Payne,PhilipRO;Saldanha,AnilJ;Shankar,Prabhu;Solad,Yauheni;Wilcox,AdamB;Ali,MomeenaS;Kang,Eugene;Martin,AndrewM;Sprouse,Elizabeth
ObjectiveTo evaluate the real-world performance of the SMART/HL7 Bulk Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Access Application Programming Interface (API), developed to enable push button access to electronic health record data on large populations, and required under the 21st Century Cures Act Rule.Materials and MethodsWe used an open-source Bulk FHIR Testing Suite at 5 healthcare sites from April to September 2023, including 4 hospitals using electronic health records (EHRs) certified for interoperability, and 1 Health Information Exchange (HIE) using a custom, standards-compliant API build. We measured export speeds, data sizes, and completeness across 6 types of FHIR.ResultsAmong the certified platforms, Oracle Cerner led in speed, managing 5-16 million resources at over 8000 resources/min. Three Epic sites exported a FHIR data subset, achieving 1-12 million resources at 1555-2500 resources/min. Notably, the HIE’s custom API outperformed, generating over 141 million resources at 12 000 resources/min.DiscussionThe HIE’s custom API showcased superior performance, endorsing the effectiveness of SMART/HL7 Bulk FHIR in enabling large-scale data exchange while underlining the need for optimization in existing EHR platforms. Agility and scalability are essential for diverse health, research, and public health use cases.ConclusionTo fully realize the interoperability goals of the 21st Century Cures Act, addressing the performance limitations of Bulk FHIR API is critical. It would be beneficial to include performance metrics in both certification and reporting processes.