The commercial sector has used a similar method of API sharing to fuel innovation for years, but this is the first time any government agency has created a public portal where anyone can register for an API key to develop applications and programs. Lighthouse creates a commercial gateway for the VA’s partners to use its application programming interfaces (APIs), which allow mobile applications and programs to communicate with VA servers. ![]() One major effort that the VA Office of Information Technology is promoting is called Lighthouse. To better serve the nation’s veterans, the VA is looking at technologies, including those already used in other agencies and the private sector, to make its data interoperable and readily accessible. With more than 170 medical centers and 1,000 outpatient sites that serve more than 6 million veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs owns one of the largest repositories of patient data in the world.
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