Another reason we're open source - better security.
> Most health providers still require faxes, which is a huge pain in the butt.
Yes indeed - mindblowing how such critical data still relies on faxes in 2024.
> I have also heard many complaints about Epic Systems.
Yeah, Epic is not perfect, but they are ubiquitous in healthcare - and Metriport provides a nice interface to pull/push data to their EHRs!
> Epic is not perfect
They have managed to do great consolidation, but the people that I hear complaints from, are the end-users (doctors, nurses, and first-line medical admins). They are a tough crowd to please (most of the medical folks I know personally, are technophobes), but I have seen some of the Epic interfaces, and they could use improvement; even for a techie, like me.
It appears as if Epic is pretty good at marketing to decision-makers (high-level administrators), and maybe have been a bit less diligent on UX design. Good money-making policy, but it also means that an open API opens the field to competitors that do a better job of serving end-users. That could give Epic a reason to throw up roadblocks. Incumbents don't like upstarts.
This, on its own, is probably not something that folks could just throw onto any server, and expect reputable heath providers to use (at least, I hope not). Auditing and validation ain't cheap.
I applaud the idea, and hope that it works out. Most health providers still require faxes, which is a huge pain in the butt.
I have also heard many complaints about Epic Systems.