Athenahealth Disrupts the Healthcare IT Status Quo with APIs Launches and grows a successful marketplace to reduce healthcare costs
Athenahealth Disrupts the Healthcare IT Status Quo with APIs Launches and grows a successful marketplace to reduce healthcare costs
2 PagesAthenahealth Disrupts the Healthcare IT Status Quo with APIs Launches and grows a successful marketplace to reduce healthcare costs CHALLENGE “Athenahealth believes that innovation happens when you push the boundaries on what everyone else is doing,” says Lindsey Kempton, senior manager on the Marketplace development team. In 2012, the company had a bold plan to reduce the burden of legacy healthcare systems. It would open its infrastructure to the outside world using APIs—and enable partners to connect and use its assets to create feature-rich services that would drive revenue and reduce operational costs for healthcare providers. The first big challenge would be attracting entrepreneurs and innovators. Healthcare is not known for forward-thinking technological innovation—in la
