Thursday, December 18, 2025

HIT Infrastructure: VA Launches New Health API for Mobile, Web-based Apps

“The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Dec. 7 the launch of its first health API that will enable veterans to interact with their personal health data using mobile and web-based apps.”

“The VA said its new health API will power the next-generation of features for Blue Button, the federal government’s system for patients to view their personal health records through apps using a standard API…”

“VA said that its new health API conforms to the Argonaut Project specifications of the HL7 FHIR API standards. The Argonaut Project is an initiative of the private…” Read the full article here.

Source: VA Launches New Health API for Mobile, Web-based Apps – By Fred Donovan, December 7, 2018. HIT Infrastructure.

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Jackie Gilbert
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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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