Selecting Healthcare App Development Tools for Integration

Integrating applications with EHRs is one of the most challenging parts of the healthcare app development process. Applications that can’t access all the information they need from different programs and tools can potentially hinder clinician workflow, making the vital information unavailable or hard to access. Adopting tools like backend-as-a-service (BaaS) and low-code app development that are built to manage and support the needs of a healthcare infrastructure. Embracing these tools can simplify the development process and help integrate apps more smoothly with other digital tools like EHRs. BaaS is a tool developers can use to build apps faster and simplify how apps are integrated into the network along with other tools such as EHRs, Sravish Sridhar, GM of Kinvey and Progress. BaaS takes the features that every app needs, like sending and receiving data, and delivers it to the developers as a cloud service utility so developers don’t have to build those features for every individual app. “Developers just pick and choose what features they want for an app, turn it on, and they integrate it to the user experience that they build,” explained Sridhar.