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DrChrono, the maker of an open, mobile-friendly EHR platform and other practice management software, has launched an open FHIR API that will allow a seamless transfer of patients' data from the company's OnPatient personal health record (PHR) to Apple Health, the iPhone-based PHR launched by the tech giant in 2018. Now, patients using the two platforms won't need to download and log into the OnPatient app to consolidate their health information, Daniel Kivatinos, COO and cofounder of DrChrono, told MobiHealthNews.
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DrChrono has been privately beta-testing these new capabilities among several providers, Kivatinos said. It will now be available to all iPhone-owning patients whose providers use the DrChrono EHR platform. That's a hefty portion of the nearly 23 million patients Kivatinos said his company is currently supporting. The Apple Health Records feature, meanwhile, was supported by more than 500 institutions across over 11,000 care locations, as of the most recent update in October. The update also marked the platform's expansion to U.K. and Canadian providers.
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The impact of that immediate access and data consolidation can be stark for patients conditioned over the years to juggle lengthy printouts and data release requests, he continued. The Health Records feature houses a wide swath of medical information, such as lab results, medications, diagnoses and immunizations alongside the fitness and wellness metrics delivered through Apple Watches and other compatible devices and sensors.
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