Table 1.

New Developments in Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Digital Diabetes Interoperability with EHRs.

• New Regulations: 21st Century Cures Act “Final Rule,” is a set of new regulations to advance interoperability and support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information through standardizing the application program interface (API) and enacting “Information blocking regulations.” • Modern API standard: Health Level 7 (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a web-based standard which will allow programmers to develop applications with the following benefits to consumers and clinicians: ° Easier access to health information from different EHR platforms. ° More readily available clinical decision support due to more individualized computable data. ° Faster provider-to-provider exchange of information. • Growth of “App Economy” by major private and government companies using FHIR-enabled standards: Apple HealthKit’s clinical record, CMS Blue Button 2.0, and Cerner App Gallery are a few examples.