Public Comment is Now Open for Digital Bridge’s Public Health API White Paper!
Source: Digital Bridge Public Health API Workgroup| The public comment will be open through December 21, 2020. To send comments, download the Word draft document from the website, input comments directly in the document, and send your comments to neha.agrawal@iphionline.org. Comments will be synthesized, incorporated into the document as appropriate, and shared with the Collaborative Body in January 2021. Note that the layout and design of the paper will be updated once the content is final. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!
Summary of the draft white paper: As we move to more interactive, real-time, and digital public health reporting, Application Programming Interfaces (API) technologies have become prevalent and critical. The Digital Bridge chartered a workgroup to develop a white paper that aims to serve as a reference for public health professionals as they look to develop and implement their organization’s public health API strategy. The white paper includes an introductory overview of APIs in general and as they apply to public health, a summary of recent health policy developments related to API, basic technical and API concepts and building blocks, public health use cases, policy and privacy issues, strategies and steps needed to implement a public health API strategy, and a listing of tools and resources available to support the implementation of an API strategy. The paper is intended primarily for public health professionals in local, state, and federal agencies, industry groups, and professional associations, and targets groups implementing or developing API Infrastructure capabilities It is not intended to serve as a roadmap for implementation of an API platform or program. You can download the document here. |