APIs Over Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines Are Rotting: The Case for API-First Medical Knowledge “All the projects I’ve had to make, I’ve made because I couldn’t find anything better. I much prefer other people solving my problems. Me having to come up with a project is actually a failure on the world.” - Linus Torvalds The Problem: PDFs Aren’t Healthcare APIs Every day, thousands of clinicians make life-altering decisions based on clinical guidelines that exist primarily as static PDF documents or basic web pages....

May 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1212 words · I.M. Wright

APIs Over Guidelines

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May 3, 2025 · 12 min · 2503 words · I.M. Wright