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Understanding the Requirements of EHR Integration
When thinking about how to integrate with an EHR, all digital health applications are faced with one fundamental
question:
“Do I build out my product and team to handle integration myself, or do I find an outside party to perform this service for
me?”
While a seemingly straightforward question, there are many issues that can
tip the scale either way.
Application
Application
Business leaders will likely evaluate this decision from a few specific angles.
Look at these 5 considerations and spend money on what matters to you.
1. Up-Front Costs
2. Speed
3. Expertise
4. Credibility
5. Scalability
• To integrate, you will need a team of experts either developed in house or hired. Consider how much this new team will cost.
• Allocate your team’s time, money, and resources to what matters most—your product.
1. Up-Front Cost — Developing Your Product and Team for Integration is Resource Intensive
• Getting to market quickly is a goal for many app developers.
• Implementing and changing your product would take time.
• As you expand your product to new sites, time needed to integrate would be compounded.
2. Speed — Developing your Integration Toolset Takes Time
• To successfully integrate, you need experts who understand the complexities of the industry.
• If your team does not currently have a command of these knowledge areas, you will need analysts and programmers who do.
3. Expertise — Integration Requires Precise Knowledge
• Sharing health data is taken seriously by health systems.
• Most health systems require some type of security audit.
• You will need to determine how to best establish trust with a health system.
4. Trust — Integration Experts Lend Credibility
5. Scalability — Handling Variation Across Vendors and Health Systems• Scaling your product means exponential time spent integrating.
• More integrations equal a growing integration team.
• Integrations are fragile.
Up-Front CostWith Redox, you have an integration partner who already has
every tool needed to integrate. With no need to hire new developers or devote time to getting them up to speed, you can
spend money on what matters: your product.
SpeedConnecting and integrating with our API is quick and efficient, not just initially, but every single time you integrate at a new
health system.
ExpertiseOur team is comprised of healthcare experts owning 60+ years
of industry experience. Not only do we know this industry inside and out, we’re committed to pushing it forward and improving
patient care.
TrustOur work and the ecosystem we’re building are well known. We
work with all major EHR vendors including Cerner, Epic, GE Centiricty, Allscripts, MEDITECH, McKesson, and more.
ScalabilityAs you grow, we do the work of managing your integrations. Connect to us once and deploy at health systems across the
country without having to grow your IT team.
Lastly...When you partner with Redox, you are eligible to publicly list your application
on the Redox Gallery.
• Drives valuable leads to our
partners
• Grows the interoperable
healthcare network
• Averages 10,000 unique
visits per month
