WSI Integration Future for Noah ES
Important announcement for HIMSA member companies making use of the WSI API
Feb 28, 2021
Noah ES will function very similar to Noah System 4 from a graphical user interface perspective and provide a great deal of helpful features for hearing care businesses (HCB). Please see Noah ES Basics for more information.
Although the user interfaces for hearing care professionals are very similar the implementation behind the scenes is greatly different. As HIMSA developed Noah ES a good deal of effort was placed on attempting to build a compatibility layer to remove or limit the amount of work WSI developers would need to perform. Unfortunately, we concluded that this was not reasonable to achieve.
Q: Will the WSI API continue to work with Noah System 4?
A: Yes. Further, HIMSA has no plans for ending the support for Noah System 4. We are aware that there will be many customers that will prefer to use an on-premise installed application vs. a cloud-based system. Further, HIMSA provides Noah as a world-wide application and Noah ES will not, at least at first, be available in all areas of the world. To start, Noah ES will be available in the United States and European Economic Area.
Main Points in this announcement
WSI Member companies wishing to offer integration with Noah ES will be able to do so in the future when HIMSA has released the Noah ES API.
HIMSA is clearly communicating this point with potential Noah ES Beta test sites and will continue to promote this information in future written materials after the beta test has completed. HIMSA will always clearly communicate that integration is not possible due to HIMSA.
HIMSA plans to make the post-beta release around June 2021. It is anticipated that the Noah ES API will be finalized 6 months later.
New licensing terms are being offered to integrate with Noah ES.
Some of the New Noah ES API Features
Noah ES will provide a number of new features that are currently not offered in the WSI API
Feature | Short Description |
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Patient Locations and Groups  |
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Patient Management  |
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Indentity and Access Management  |
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Noah Action Data  |
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Noah ES API Licensing Options
The price structure for current WSI licensees is listed below
Current WSI License Type | To make use of the Noah ES API |
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Fixed Price License (unlimited sites) | no additional licensing needed, you may use the current WSI API and Noah ES API when available. |
Variable Price per site | You will need to upgrade your license to an OAS license:
There is no per site license in addition to the fees listed above The price per locations still using the WSI API will still apply. |
Q: Is my company required to support integration with Noah ES
A: No.
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