Canvas Medical Observation API
Clinical observations, vitals, and lab results
Clinical observations, vitals, and lab results
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Canvas Medical FHIR AllergyIntolerance Observation API
description: 'A FHIR R4-compliant REST API providing secure access to electronic health record data. Canvas Medical supports 41 FHIR resources (21 with write capabilities) covering clinical, administrative, financial, and care coordination domains. The API follows the HL7 FHIR R4 specification and supports OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials and Authorization Code flows with SMART on FHIR scopes for machine-to-machine and user-delegated access.
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version: '4.0'
contact:
name: Canvas Medical Support
url: https://help.canvasmedical.com/
termsOfService: https://www.canvasmedical.com/
license:
name: HL7 FHIR R4
url: https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/
servers:
- url: https://fumage-{canvas-instance}.canvasmedical.com
description: FHIR R4 base URL (fumage subdomain)
variables:
canvas-instance:
default: yoursandbox
description: Your Canvas Medical instance name
security:
- OAuth2ClientCredentials: []
- OAuth2AuthCode: []
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Observation
description: Clinical observations, vitals, and lab results
paths:
/Observation:
get:
operationId: searchObservation
summary: Search Observations
description: Search for clinical observations (vitals, lab results, social history)
tags:
- Observation
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/patient'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/status'
- name: category
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Observation category (vital-signs, laboratory, survey, etc.)
- name: code
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: LOINC or SNOMED code
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/date'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pageToken'
responses:
'200':
description: Bundle of matching observations
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
post:
operationId: createObservation
summary: Create Observation
tags:
- Observation
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Observation'
responses:
'201':
description: Observation created
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Observation'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
/Observation/{id}:
get:
operationId: readObservation
summary: Read Observation
tags:
- Observation
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/resourceId'
responses:
'200':
description: Observation resource
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Observation'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ResourceNotFound'
components:
parameters:
date:
name: date
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Filter by date (FHIR date search parameter)
status:
name: status
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Filter by resource status
count:
name: _count
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 20
description: Maximum number of results per page
resourceId:
name: id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Logical ID of the FHIR resource
pageToken:
name: _page_token
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Pagination token for next page
patient:
name: patient
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Filter by patient ID or reference
schemas:
FHIRResource:
type: object
description: Base FHIR R4 resource properties
properties:
resourceType:
type: string
description: FHIR resource type name
id:
type: string
description: Logical id of this artifact
meta:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
text:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Narrative'
CodeableConcept:
type: object
properties:
coding:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Coding'
text:
type: string
Bundle:
type: object
properties:
resourceType:
type: string
default: Bundle
id:
type: string
type:
type: string
enum:
- document
- message
- transaction
- transaction-response
- batch
- batch-response
- history
- searchset
- collection
- subscription-notification
total:
type: integer
link:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
relation:
type: string
url:
type: string
entry:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
fullUrl:
type: string
resource:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FHIRResource'
search:
type: object
properties:
mode:
type: string
enum:
- match
- include
- outcome
Observation:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/FHIRResource'
- type: object
required:
- resourceType
- status
- code
properties:
resourceType:
type: string
default: Observation
status:
type: string
enum:
- registered
- preliminary
- final
- amended
- corrected
- cancelled
- entered-in-error
- unknown
category:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept'
code:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept'
subject:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Reference'
encounter:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Reference'
effectiveDateTime:
type: string
format: date-time
valueQuantity:
type: object
properties:
value:
type: number
unit:
type: string
system:
type: string
code:
type: string
valueCodeableConcept:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept'
valueString:
type: string
Narrative:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
enum:
- generated
- extensions
- additional
- empty
div:
type: string
OperationOutcome:
type: object
properties:
resourceType:
type: string
default: OperationOutcome
issue:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
severity:
type: string
enum:
- fatal
- error
- warning
- information
code:
type: string
details:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CodeableConcept'
diagnostics:
type: string
location:
type: array
items:
type: string
Meta:
type: object
properties:
versionId:
type: string
lastUpdated:
type: string
format: date-time
source:
type: string
profile:
type: array
items:
type: string
tag:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Coding'
Coding:
type: object
properties:
system:
type: string
version:
type: string
code:
type: string
display:
type: string
userSelected:
type: boolean
Reference:
type: object
properties:
reference:
type: string
type:
type: string
display:
type: string
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Authentication required
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationOutcome'
ResourceNotFound:
description: Resource not found
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationOutcome'
UnprocessableEntity:
description: Validation error
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationOutcome'
securitySchemes:
OAuth2ClientCredentials:
type: oauth2
description: 'Machine-to-machine authentication using client credentials grant. Obtain client_id and client_secret from Canvas admin panel.
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flows:
clientCredentials:
tokenUrl: https://{canvas-instance}.canvasmedical.com/auth/token/
scopes:
system/*.read: Read all FHIR resources
system/*.write: Write all FHIR resources
system/Patient.read: Read Patient resources
system/Patient.write: Write Patient resources
system/Appointment.read: Read Appointment resources
system/Appointment.write: Write Appointment resources
system/Observation.read: Read Observation resources
system/Observation.write: Write Observation resources
OAuth2AuthCode:
type: oauth2
description: 'User-delegated access using Authorization Code flow with SMART on FHIR scopes.
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flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://{canvas-instance}.canvasmedical.com/auth/authorize/
tokenUrl: https://{canvas-instance}.canvasmedical.com/auth/token/
scopes:
patient/*.read: Read patient-context FHIR resources
user/*.read: Read user-context FHIR resources
user/*.write: Write user-context FHIR resources
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
externalDocs:
description: Canvas Medical FHIR API Documentation
url: https://docs.canvasmedical.com/api/