Frost & Sullivan Commends Allscripts for Developing a Truly Open API for the Health Information Market

Frost & Sullivan Commends Allscripts forFrost & Sullivan Commends Allscripts for Developing a Truly Open API for the Health Information Market PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Feb. 14, 2014 - Allscripts open architecture helps healthcare providers address the complex challenges of integrating disparate IT systems. Based on its recent analysis of innovation strategies among leading health information technology vendors, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Allscripts with the 2013 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership. Frost & Sullivan has found that Allscripts has successfully aligned its open application programming interface (API) product offering with a number of key trends that are reshaping the healthcare industry, particularly in the area of enhanced data integration and electronic health record (EHR) functionality. The company's Open API initiative — which consists of the Allscripts Developer Program, software development kit (SDK), and Allscripts Application Store — facilitates that mission by enabling clients and third- party development partners to connect data and build innovative solutions. The Allscripts Developer Program offers qualified developers the opportunity to use a variety of SDKs to connect with various Allscripts applications used throughout hospital and ambulatory care settings. The SDKs enable partners to use Allscripts programmers' toolkit to create interfaces as well as other applications.