130 likes | 153 Views
Managed API services from Azure Healthcare APIs are built on open standards and frameworks, enabling workflows in healthcare to be improved and comprise scalable, secure solutions. With healthcare analytics and insights, you can improve outcomes
E N D
HowtoManageAPI ServicesFromAzure HealthcareAPIs
ManagedAPIservicesfromAzureHealthcareAPIsarebuiltonopen standardsandframeworks, enablingworkflowsinhealthcaretobe improvedandcomprisescalable, securesolutions. Withhealthcareanalyticsandinsights, youcanimproveoutcomes MicrosoftAzureHealthcareAPIshelpyoumanageprotectedhealth information (PHI) atscale. ExchangedataquicklyandrunnewapplicationswithAPIsforhealth datastandardsincludingFastHealthcareInteroperabilityResources (FHIR®) andDigitalImagingCommunicationsinMedicine (DICOM). Toolsandconnectorsforeasydataacquisition, standardization, and transformation. Connecttotoolsforvisualization, machinelearning (ML), andartificial intelligencefordeeperinsights.
Features 1. AzureIoTConnectorforFHIRandmanaged, enterprise-grade FHIRandDICOMservicesforquickdeployment Thecloudcanbeusedtocombinehealthdatasetsandstandardize data. ConnectorstoAzureSynapseAnalytics, AzureMachineLearning, andPowerBItogenerateinsightsfromreal-worlddata. Thesystemisdesignedtohandleprotectedhealthinformation (PHI) andtomeetallregionalcompliancerequirements, including HIPAA, GDPR, andCCPA. 2. 3. 4.
Improvetheefficiencyofhealthworkloads Integratedataacrosspatientoutputsinthecloudtosimplifythe exchangeofPHI. AzureHealthcareAPIsallowyoutostandardize diversedatastreamslikeclinical, imaging, anddevicedatausingFHIR andDICOMservices, aswellastheAzureIoTConnectorforFHIR. As aresult, patientsbenefitfrombetteroutcomes, clinicalresearchis moreefficient, andclinicaltrialdecisionsaremoreinformed.
AnalyzePHIdatainrealtime BuildnewapplicationsbasedonSMARTonFHIRusingPowerBIand AzureSynapseAnalyticsandDevelopnewalgorithmstoassistin diagnosisandresearchusingmachinelearning. Streamlinetheway organizationsandrecordsaremanagedbybringingtheirdataintothe cloudandthenyoucantransformtheresultsintoreal-world actionableitemsbyconnectingvariousMLandAIpipelines.
Trustedcloudarchitecture Withenterprisedataworkloadmanagement, youcanscale, maintain highavailability, andrestoredatainadisaster. Datacanbemanaged incompliancewithISO, HITRUST, FedRAMP, SOCandAzureBAA certifications.
ThereareseveraldifferencesbetweenAzure HealthcareAPIsandAzureAPIforFHIR: TheAzureHealthcareAPIsnowsupportanumberofhealthdata standardsfortheexchangeofstructureddata. ByusingasinglesetofAzureHealthcareAPIs, youcandeploy multipleinstancesofavarietyofservicetypes (FHIRService, DICOM Service, andIoTConnector) thatworkseamlesslytogether.
FHIRSERVICE ByimplementingFastHealthcareInteroperabilityResources (FHIR®) APIsintheAzure HealthcareAPIs, userscanexchangedatarapidly. Cloud-basedPlatformasaService (PaaS) thatismanaged. Itsimplifiesingesting, managing, andpreservingProtectedHealthInformation (PHI) in thecloudforanyonewhoisinterestedinhealthdata. Providescloud-basedFHIRservicesthatcanbeprovisionedinminutes. EndpointforaccessingandstoringdatainFHIRformatthatisenterprise-grade andofferedinAzure. Performswellandhaslowlatency. Protectinghealthinformation (PHI) inacompliantcloudsetting. Totakeadvantageoftheelasticscalingofthecloud, FHIRallowsyoutoquicklycreate anddeployFHIRservers. Azureisdesignedtoprovidefastperformanceregardlessof thesizeofthedatasetsyouaremanagingorthenumberofusers.
DICOMservice DigitalImagingandCommunicationsinMedicine, alsoknownasDICOM, isan internationalstandardfortransmitting, storing, retrieving, printing, displaying, processing, andprintingmedicalimagesandHealthcareprofessionalsuseitasthe primarymedicalimagingstandard. OnAzureHealthcareAPIsworkspace, DICOMservicesaremanagedservicesthat requireanAzuresubscriptionandanAzureActiveDirectoryaccount. TheDICOMserviceinjectsDICOMmetadataintoaFHIRservice, orserver, allowing bothimagingmetadataandclinicaldatatobeviewedandmanagedfromonelocation. FHIRTMsupportsstoringimagingdatareferencesinFHIRTM, enablingqueriesof clinicalandimagingdatasetsthroughtheDICOMservice.
DICOMservice DigitalImagingandCommunicationsinMedicine, alsoknownasDICOM, isaninternationalstandard fortransmitting, storing, retrieving, printing, displaying, processing, andprintingmedicalimagesand Healthcareprofessionalsuseitastheprimarymedicalimagingstandard. OnAzureHealthcareAPIsworkspace, DICOMservicesaremanagedservicesthatrequireanAzure subscriptionandanAzureActiveDirectoryaccount. TheDICOMserviceinjectsDICOMmetadataintoaFHIRservice, orserver, allowingbothimaging metadataandclinicaldatatobeviewedandmanagedfromonelocation. FHIRTMsupportsstoringimagingdatareferencesinFHIRTM, enablingqueriesofclinicalandimaging datasetsthroughtheDICOMservice. Thefollowingarejustafewexamplesofhowthiscanbeused: 1. Identifyingsimilarpatientoutcomestoplantreatment: Inthecaseofsimilardiagnoses, aphysician canidentifypatientoutcomesandtreatmentplansfrompastpatients, evenifthepatienthad imagingdataatthetime. Monitoringapatientlongitudinallyduringdiagnosis: Themedicalhistoryofapatientandrelated imagingstudiesareoftenunavailabletoradiologists, especiallythosewhopracticeteleradiology. ByintegratingFHIRTM, radiologistsevenoutsidetheorganization’snetworkcaneasilyaccessthis data. 2.
IoTconnector AzureHealthcareAPIs’ InternetofThings (IoT) connectorservicefacilitatesthe ingestionofhealthdatafrommanydifferentIoMT (InternetofMedicalThings) devicesandstoringthatdatausingFHIR. AhealthdataconnectorforIoTisvitalbecausepatienthealthdatacanbe fragmentedacrossdifferentsystems, devices, andformats. Itisnoteasytomanage healthcaredata, butlearningfromthedatacanbeoneofthebiggestbarriersto understandingpopulationhealthaswellasmaintaininghealth. IoTconnectorstransformdevicedataintoFHIR®-basedObservationresourcesthat aredeliveredasAzureHealthcareAPIsFHIRservices. Thisfacilitatesthediscovery ofoperationalandclinicalinsights, theexchangeofnewdeviceapplications, andthe developmentofnewresearchprojectsthroughacommonaccess, standardization, andtrendcaptureapproach. YouusethemappingstofilterandtransformtheIoMT messagesintotheFHIRformat.
TheHealthcareAPIs: AuthenticationandAuthorization Authentication HealthcareAPIs, providedbyAzureActiveDirectory (AzureAD), aresecure managedservicesusingOAuth2.0. FortheHealthcareAPIsservicestoaccessAzureresources, suchasstorage accountsandeventhubs, youmustenablethesystemmanagedidentity, andgrant properpermissionstothemanagedidentity. Clientscanmanageclientapplications andcontrolaccesstouserdatabyusingtheirownidentityprovider. Authorization WiththerightapplicationrolesassignedbyAzureAD, authenticatedusersand clientapplicationscanperformspecifictasksdefinedbytheirapplicationrolesand usetheHealthcareAPIsservices.
Conclusion: AzureHealthcareAPIsenablenewapplicationstouseProtectedHealthInformation (PHI) byprovidingaccesstoreal-worlddata (RWD), whichcomesfromElectronic HealthRecordsconsistently, usingstandardssuchasFHIRandDICOM. Bycombiningmachinelearning, analytics, andAItoolswiththesedatasets, youcan extractreal-worldevidence (RWE), gainnewinsights, andimproveclinicaland operationaloutcomes. Getintouchformoreinformation www.c-metric.com info@c-metric.com +1 (856) 482 7700