title: Indivo x: developing a fully substitutable personally controlled health record platform.
abstract: To support a rich ecosystem of third-party applications around a personally controlled health record (PCHR), we have redesigned Indivo, the original PCHR, as a web-based platform with feature-level substitutability. Core to this new release is the Indivo X Application Programming Interface (API), the contract between the PCHR platform and the end-user apps. Using rapid iterative development to build a minimal feature set from real-world requirements, the resulting Indivo X API, now in public stable beta, is enabling developers, including third-party contributors, to quickly create and integrate novel features into patients' online records, ultimately building a fully customizable experience for diverse patient needs.
authors.affiliation: Childrens Hospital Informatics Program, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Childrens Hospital Boston, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adida
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanyal
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zabak
authors.forename: Isaac S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kohane
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mandl
mesh_terms: D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software