Introducing Healthjibe: A New Balance Rewards API Integration

Wed, 03/18/2015 - 16:06 - Drew Schweinfurth

Walgreens is feeling groovy about the announcement a new Balance Rewards API integration with the Healthjibe mobile apps, which can be found on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
 
The HealthJibe app provides you with real-time awareness and guidance using data collected from wireless health sensors such as activity monitors, body analyzers, blood pressure monitors, and glucose monitors along with feeds from medical and pharmacy claim repositories. And a unique barcoding technology allows you to capture data from medication fills, preventive screenings, and other health care encounters at the point of sale or point of care.  
 
"We are thrilled to work with Walgreens Balance Rewards API to reward our users when they stay on top of their emerging health risks and recommended preventive care screenings," said Bob Blonchek President and CEO of Digital Health Innovations, Inc." Our goal is to bring health risk management and prevention into the consumer's daily digital routine. Walgreens Balance Rewards will help us further incentivize our users to make health risk management and prevention a habit in their lives.
 
Start tracking your health and be happy today by grabbing the Healthjibe application which can be found on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.




Introducing Mobile Health Library: A Plethora of Prescription API Integrations

Tue, 03/17/2015 - 11:36 - Drew Schweinfurth

Walgreens is excited to announce a whole athenaeum of applications integrated with the Prescription Refill and Transfer API from Adherent Health and their Mobile Health Library™applications for iOS, Android, and the Amazon Fire phone & Kindle tablet.
 
Mobile Health Library™ (MHL) is the HIPAA-compliant clinical engagement system built for the unique education, service, and support needs of patients, caregivers, nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. The MHL application supports the safety, education, adherence, and affordability needs of patients taking specific medications, or using specific medical devices.  
 
Rob Dhoble, CEO, Adherent Health, LLC had this great quote about the integration: "Integrating the Walgreens scan-to-refill API into the Mobile Health Library app helps to simplify the Rx refill process for many of our patients, supporting medication adherence as part of mobile engagement strategies that advance health outcomes.
 
Start engaging your health today! Download the Mobile Health Library™application for the iOS, Android, and the Amazon operating systems today!




Introducing Buncee LLC: Two New Photo Prints API Integrations

Mon, 03/09/2015 - 15:18 - Drew Schweinfurth

Walgreens is proud to announce two new iPad app integrations of the Photo Prints API from the team over at Buncee LLC, Buncee Pro and Buncee Edu.

Buncee Pro and Buncee for Edu are two creative, flexible applications that enable users to quickly and easily make cards, scrapbooks, collages, digital stories and more. With the Walgreens Photo Prints API integration, Buncee users can not only save a Buncee to their photo stream, post it to their favorite social networks, or e-mail it to friends and family, they can now also share it as a same-day personalized professional print.

Commenting on the new integration, buncee Founder & CEO Marie Arturi states, "With the Walgreens Photo Prints API integration, our users can turn their creations into high-quality prints they can easily pick up at any Walgreens across the nation. Our iPad users have always been able to share their creations digitally, and we are now proud to say they can also easily share beautifully printed buncees with family and friends.”

Bring out your artistic and creative side, download Buncee Pro and Buncee Edu for the iPad today!





Announcing New API: Healthcare Clinic Scheduler!

Wed, 02/04/2015 - 14:23 - Drew Schweinfurth

The Walgreens API team is very excited to announce our newest service, the Healthcare Clinic Scheduler API!

Introduction:

The Walgreens Healthcare Clinic Appointment Scheduler API allows developers to enable their mobile applications to quickly allow customers to schedule an appointment at any Walgreens Healthcare Clinic across the United States.

Locations:

Currently, Walgreens has approximately 400 Healthcare Clinic locations throughout the nation, and we're always looking to open new clinics to provide improved access to quality family healthcare for our patients.

Visit Times:

While visit times vary by location, time of day and season, patients typically experience less than a 20-minute wait before they are seen by a healthcare provider. Patient visits generally take 20 minutes, which means you can be in and out in under an hour.

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Balance Rewards API Updates

Wed, 02/04/2015 - 10:28 - Drew Schweinfurth

We want to let you know about some healthy changes we have now implemented for the Balance Rewards API.

New General Exercise Activity Type:

We have added the ability for you to post activities like:

  • Weight Lifting
  • Push-Ups
  • Sit-Ups
  • Cross-Fit
  • Jump-Rope
  • Rowing
  • Yoga
  • etc...

All you need to do is send the activity type as:

"type": "general_exercise"

Along with the duration of the activity in seconds:

"value": {
"duration": 1200,
"type": "cross-fit"
}

This will reward your users once a day for 20 points*


New Points Total Endpoint:

We have opened up a new endpoint, and we think it will really reward your integrations. The new Balance Rewards points endpoint:

/api/steps/brpoints/v1

Gives your app the ability to use the oAuth tokens you already have for your users to get the total number of Balance Rewards points a user has!

Sample Request:
POST: /api/steps/brpoints/v1?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY {
"access_token": "ACCESS_TOKEN",
"affiliate_id": "AFFILIATE_ID",
"transaction_id": "1234567890123456",
"act":"getBRPoints"
}
Sample Response:
{
"healthy_choice_points": 10940,
"total_rewards_points": 10940,
"transaction_id": "1234567890123456"
}

Upcoming Rate Limiting Changes:

We going to be adding in some rate limiting on March 26th, 2015 at 12:00 AM CST.
So what does this mean?

Endpoint Requests Per Minute (RPM)
/api/steps/brpoints/v1 500 RPM
/api/steps/activity/v1 500 RPM
/api/oauthtoken/delete/v1 500 RPM
/api/oauthtoken/v1 500 RPM

The Rate limiting amount was based upon the highest activity we had seen from a review done of the current integrations.

Let us know if you have any concerns via a quick message to our email address below.

*Disclaimer: Daily limit of 20 points for general exercise fitness activities (one award per day).