FAQ

Who are your products for?

We offer our tools and services for software developers to integrate faster and more easily into EMRs. Send us an email to learn more.

How does Topology Health save time?

Topology Health provides specialized automated services, removing all of the lengthy manual configuration and connection steps needed for EMR/EHR integration. We use existing data standards and help you make sense of them.

How easy is it to implement Topology Health at a health facility?

Our tools use modern health IT standards including HL7 FHIR and we’re regularly testing with the latest EMR sandboxes. Feel free to ask us about integrating our tools with your EMR/EHR or digital health app.

What's FHIR? and SMART on FHIR?

FHIR is the latest and greatest healthcare interoperability standard and we built our product from the ground up to support it. It can get pretty complicated, but that’s why we made SMARTerFHIR.

I'm not sure if we support FHIR. How can I be sure my facility is ready for Topology Health?

The 21st Century Cures Act has sped up the adoption of HL7 FHIR interfaces. We recommend investigating what your EMR vendor supports regarding FHIR, specifically SMART on FHIR. If you have FHIR support from your EMR vendor, then connecting our software, or other software, through our platform should be a breeze! If you don’t support FHIR, we are frequently adding support for different legacy APIs. Contact us for more information or to find out which legacy healthcare APIs we support.

What's the 21st Century Cures Act and why should I care?

The 21st Century Cures Act changes the game for healthcare app developers. EMRs are now sharing their data through more standardized and modern interfaces. That’s why we built SMARTerFHIR to help developers get connected to EMRs in minutes rather than months.

What's the difference between SMARTerFHIR and your EHR Auth Gateway?

SMARTerFHIR is a TypeScript/JavaScript Library that enables web app developers to easily connect to EMR/EHRs. For more complicated data exchanges, a server-to-server connection may be required, which makes use of our EHR Auth Gateway. Use cases for a server-to-server connection include analytics apps, headless AI apps, and low bandwidth applications.

Does Topology work with patient facing apps?

YES!

Does Topology work with provider facing apps?

YES!

How do I know which tool I need for my use case?

SMARTerFHIR is designed for web app launches. These are defined in the SMART on FHIR Spec as both an EHR Launch, where your app launches inside the EMR/EHR, and a Standalone Launch where your app launches from a web browser outside the EMR/EHR. The Backend Services provided by the EHR Auth Gateway are intended for apps that run autonomously or semi-autonomously. We’ve compiled a list of detailed use cases if you want to read more, or get in touch if you need help choosing the right solution for you.

Do you support legacy APIs like HL7 v2?

FHIR is the new cool thing, but it isn’t everywhere (yet), so we do support HL7 v2 and DICOM for a handful of use cases. Contact us to find out how we may support your use case.

Will Topology make navigating interoperability standards and EHR specifications like HL7 FHIR, HL7 V2 and SMART on FHIR easier?

YES! We’re experts, so you don’t have to be.

Why are you focused on making integration easier for software developers?

In our experience building digital health apps, we’ve found that it takes a long time to build an app that integrates with EMRs, even with up-to-date standards. We also found that clinicians want integration because they waste so much time switching between apps. Some clinicians report needing to log in to 4 different apps to get all the information for a patient encounter, but only update what they did in one, resulting in data being out of sync, making it more difficult for the next clinician to care for that patient. By giving developers tools to integrate their systems, we collectively build better tools to save clinicians time and improve patient care.

How does Topology Health facilitate the integration of AI tools into Electronic Health Records and assist in accessing patient information for building AI learning datasets?

At Topology Health, we specialize in simplifying the integration process of your cutting-edge AI tools into EHRs. Moreover, our expertise extends to assisting you in extracting additional datasets, streamlining the training process for your AI offerings. We ensure that accessing patient information is seamless, making it easier than ever for you to enhance and optimize your AI products.

I don't see my EMR/EHR, when will it be supported?

Get in touch with us and we can work on adding the EMR/EHR you need. Once we’ve gotten access to the EMR/EHR’s sandbox, we can get you up and running in a matter of weeks thanks to our robust tools and experienced team.