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   <a href="https://score.awellhealth.com">Playground app</a>
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-Awell Score is an API developed by the [Awell](http://awell.health/) team used to calculate validated scores for clinical and patient-reported outcome measures or perform other clinical algorithms. **The API currently has a library of over 100 validated scores.**
+Awell Score is a microservice and API developed by the [Awell](http://awell.health/) team used to calculate validated scores for clinical and patient-reported outcome measures or perform other clinical algorithms. **The API currently has a library of over 100 validated scores.**
 
 It was initially developed as an in-house microservice used by our products.