About this episode

Michael discusses with payer representatives how access APIs are enhancing patient experience through improved data accessibility.

From WEDI’s 2026 Winter Forum, Michael chats with three payer representatives who discuss how access APIs are improving the patient experience by making data easier to access, use, and share across care journeys. Tom Loomis, Enterprise Architecture- Interoperability, Evernorth Nancy Bevin, Director, Provider Connectivity, Medica Ron Wampler, Executive Director, Interoperability, Aetna, a CVS Health Company

People in this episode

Host: Michael

Guests: Tom Loomis, Nancy Bevin, Ron Wampler

Topics covered

• access APIs
• patient experience
• data access
• interoperability
• healthcare technology
• patient empowerment

Keywords

• access APIs
• patient empowerment
• data sharing
• healthcare interoperability
• WEDI
• Winter Forum
• patient experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Evernorth, Medica, Aetna, CVS Health Company

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