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Market Leaders Drive Certified Health IT FHIR-Enabled API Adoption

The nationwide FHIR-enabled API adoption rate was 84 percent for hospitals in 2019, and most implementations came from a health IT market leader. 

Market Leaders Drive Certified Health IT FHIR-Enabled API Adoption

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By Hannah Nelson

- Health IT market leaders drove much of FHIR-enabled API adoption in 2019, according to new ONC analysis.

As of 2019, 84 percent of hospitals and 61 percent of clinicians had adopted and implemented 2015 Edition certified API technology enabled with FHIR.

Researchers found that 83 percent of hospitals and 58 percent of clinicians adopted certified API technology from a market leader in 2019, representing 99 percent and 95 percent of all FHIR-enabled technology implementations, respectively.