Application Programming Interface (API) Task Force

The Application Programming Interface (API) Task Force will be charged with:

Identify perceived security concerns and real security risks that are barriers to the widespread adoption of open APIs in healthcare.
- For risks identified as real, identify those that are not already planned to be addressed in the Interoperability Roadmap (for example, identity proofing and authentication are not unique to APIs);
Identify perceived privacy concerns and real privacy risks that are barriers to widespread adoption of open APIs in healthcare.
- For risks identified as real, identify those that are not already planned to be addressed in the Interoperability Roadmap (for example, harmonizing state law and misunderstanding of HIPAA);
Identify priority recommendations for ONC that will help enable consumers to leverage API technology to access patient data, while ensuring the appropriate level of privacy and security protection.

Josh Mandel, Co-Chair, Harvard Medical School
Meg Marshall, Co-Chair, Cerner Corporation
Leslie Kelly Hall, Member, Healthwise
Ivor Horn, Member, Seattle Children's Hospital
Robert Jarrin, Member, Qualcomm Incorporated
Rajiv Kumar, Member, Stanford University School of Medicine
Richard Loomis, Member, Practice Fusion
Aaron Miri, Member, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin
Drew Schiller, Member, Validic
Aaron Seib, Member, National Association for Trusted Exchange
David Yakimischak , Member, Surescripts
Linda Sanches, Ex Officio, Office for Civil Rights-Health and Human Services
Vindell Washington, Ex Officio, ONC
Rose-Marie Nsahlai, Staff Lead, HHS

Content last reviewed on April 26, 2016