Epic launches Connection Hub: open to all developers

An easy way for developers to let the world know they’re connecting with Epic software

Epic announces Connection Hub, a place where vendors can share their ability to collaborate with Epic software. The new site, which will open January 9, 2023, will allow any vendor with a connection to Epic to list their app and self-report whether they have achieved a successful data exchange. Site visitors, including Epic customers, can see information provided by the vendor, such as app descriptions and links to websites.

Connection Hub is open to all vendors, with the goal of making it easy to join the online directory. Sellers who would like to be on the list can apply by providing their information and completing an optional questionnaire. In addition to Connection Hub, Epic will also launch Vendor Services, providing access to Epics newsletters, detailed tutorials, extensive testing sandboxes, and technical support.

The App Market will be renovated and relaunched later in 2023. Vendors currently in the App Market will automatically transition to Vendor Services. No connections will be affected, and vendors receiving services, APIs, and testing tools in App Market will continue to do so through Vendor Services. For the vendors currently listed with a live connection in the App Market, Epic provides an easy way to transfer their existing information to Connection Hub.

Connection Hub represents another step in Epics’ continued support of open standards. In 2014, Epic launched its first wave of standards-based APIs through open.epic. Today, Epic maintains a portfolio of 450 FHIR APIs across 55 sources, including the latest R4 version, one of the largest FHIR API portfolios offered by a major EHR developer.

Epic has a long history of exchanging data with applications, said Sumit Rana, Epic’s SVP of R&D. And Connection Hub accelerates vendors’ ability to show Epic customers their apps can exchange data with Epic.