The Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov is partnering with Google Cloud to help developers implement new tools and applications to improve Veteran access to VA services and data.
The VA serves more than 19 million Veterans and their families and is the largest healthcare provider in the U.S. The VA’s $13 million multiyear contract will deploy Apigee, Google Cloud’s Application Programming Interface (API) management platform https://cloud.google.com/apigee.
With Apigee, developers can use the VA’s Benefits API to create applications to help Veterans submit and track electronic benefits claims and add supplemental documentation.
Developers can also access the VA’s Health APIs to build new online tools that can help Veterans manage their health and access their medical records. APIs enable software to talk to software and enables developers to leverage data and functionality at scale in a secure fashion. They are products that need to be actively managed so that organizations and developers can execute business strategies and achieve innovation at scale.
The VA’s Apigee deployment built on Apigee’s FedRAMP authorized platform, will support the department’s efforts to safeguard Veteran data, in compliance with standards such as HIPAA regulations and the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically.