Developers Need to Know: Who’s Actually Required to Provide Access to Clinical Data?
If you’re building a patient-facing app that requires access to medical records, you’ve probably been given the runaround: told that ...
Developers Need to Know: What is the 5-Day / 10-Day Rule?
In guidebook, Mar 11, 2025TEFCA IAS - A Story of Interoperability and Unrealized Potential
Over the last few months, I’ve had a number of patients and companies reach out to ask about Fasten and how we fit in with TEFCA Indi...
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Developers Need to Know: Who’s Actually Required to Provide Access to Clinical Data?
If you’re building a patient-facing app that requires access to medical records, you’ve probably been given the runaround: told that you need to sign BAAs and pay exorbitant fees befo...
In guidebook, Apr 07, 2025
Developers Need to Know: How to Report Information Blocking to ASTP
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a way to allow different applications to communicate and exchange data programmatically (without a human involved). They are incredibly c...
In guidebook, Mar 11, 2025
Developers Need to Know: What is the 5-Day / 10-Day Rule?
The 21st Century Cures Act requires Certified EHRs to approve Patient Access API requests within: 10 business days to verify an API user’s identity 5 business days after verificatio...
In guidebook, Mar 11, 2025
TEFCA IAS - A Story of Interoperability and Unrealized Potential
Over the last few months, I’ve had a number of patients and companies reach out to ask about Fasten and how we fit in with TEFCA Individual Access Services (IAS). On paper, TEFCA seem...
In guidebook, Feb 21, 2025
How to Ignore Information Blocking Legislation Like a Pro
So, you want to join the ranks of numerous other large health systems and EHR platforms that protect their intellectual property patient’s medical records from the 21st Century Cures ...
In guidebook, Jul 17, 2024
Code to Care: Designing Viral Privacy Policies in Healthcare
As I’ve been building Fasten Health, I’ve been thinking a lot about the principles of open-source software, and how they can be applied to healthcare. Not as technical solutions but a...
In philosophy, Mar 05, 2024
Jan 2024 Update - App Store Launch
Now that v1 is out the door, I wanted to give everyone an update on the progress we’re making on our Q1 roadmap
In update, Jan 29, 2024
Nov 2023 Update - v1 Roadmap
I’m thrilled to finally share the roadmap for our much-anticipated Fasten Health Version 1 release!
In update, Nov 14, 2023
Oct 2023 Update - Lab Results
We’ve made a number of changes since our last update in August:
In update, Oct 10, 2023
Aug 2023 Update - Fundraising
Fasten has matured significantly since our last update in July, and I wanted to give you all an update:
In update, Aug 30, 2023
July 2023 Update
I made a number of significant/breaking changes to Fasten since our last update in May, and I wanted to give you all an update now that we’ve cut a new release – v0.1.2
In update, Jul 17, 2023
April 2023 Update
Fasten Health, the innovative healthcare platform that empowers patients to take control of their medical records, is proud to announce several exciting new features and upgrades that...
In update, Apr 17, 2023
March 2023 Update
Fasten Health, the open-source personal/family electronic medical record aggregator, has made significantstrides in the past month. The team has been working tirelessly to bring you n...
In update, Mar 15, 2023