Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT and eHealth news for the week ending July 17:
ONC certifies first open API for Stage 3 meaningful use interoperability requirements
Healthcare IT News ~ Jessica Davis ~ 13/07/2016
Carefluence OpenAPI proved to be compliant with Office of the National Coordinator criteria by using the FHIR standard. The application programming interface also can used with EHRs for open access.
One in four US adults have refilled an Rx via smartphone, but 62 percent want to
mobiHealthNews ~ Jonah Comstock ~ 14/07/2016
A new survey of 1,000 US adults from Adobe Digital Insights found that consumers, especially younger consumers, are bullish on health apps, but their enthusiasm sometimes outpaces the technology available to them.