Cloud Native App Development Accelerating Healthcare Innovation | WSO2Con Barcelona 2025
AI Summary
In this session, Nel discusses the importance of rapid access to patient information in emergency medical situations, highlighting a study that shows patients may lose vital health years due to treatment delays. He emphasizes the need for hospitals to expose APIs to enable paramedics to access critical health information promptly. The discussion includes the challenges of existing data silos and the significance of modern interoperable messaging formats like FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources).
Key Steps for Hospitals:
- Expose APIs: Hospitals should start exposing a set of secure APIs, focusing initially on read-only access, to trusted applications.
- Use FHIR: Transition from legacy message formats to FHIR, which is more modern and web-friendly.
- Implement a Master Patient Index: A common identifier system is essential for mapping various hospital identifiers to maintain consistent patient data access.
- Build Applications: Develop applications for paramedics that integrate all necessary systems and secure communication processes.
Solutions Provided by WSO2:
- Pre-built FHIR Open API specifications to accelerate API development.
- Accelerated integration capabilities through AI-powered tools and pre-built connectors for existing systems.
- Tools for visual data mapping and libraries to simplify FHIR implementation.
- A Healthcare Co-Pilot that automates coding processes and integrates backend functionalities with minimal manual effort.
Conclusion:
Nel concludes that technology can significantly impact healthcare outcomes by enabling faster access to critical data. WSO2 aims to provide tools and frameworks to support the development of healthcare applications efficiently, emphasizing the importance of timely information in saving lives and improving patient care.