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Elation Health Clinical Documents API

The Clinical Documents API from Elation Health — 4 operation(s) for clinical documents.

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Operations 7

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /clinical_documents/ Find clinical documents (legacy endpoint) · Find Clinical Documents #
Ask an LLM
“What CCDA clinical documents have been imported, according to the legacy lookup?”
“Can I pull every clinical document with the older endpoint?”
Tell an agent
Using the legacy lookup, find all clinical documents.
Show the old-path clinical document imports.
POST /clinical_documents/ Import a clinical document (legacy endpoint) · Create Clinical Document #
Ask an LLM
“How do I import a patient's CCDA XML file through the legacy endpoint?”
“Which data format must I declare when posting a clinical document the old way?”
Tell an agent
Via the legacy endpoint, import clinical document {xml_file} for patient {patient} from practice {authoring_practice} in format {data_format}.
Post an old-path {data_format} clinical document for patient {patient} authored by {authoring_practice}.
GET /clinical_documents/{id}/ Get a clinical document (legacy endpoint) · Get Clinical Document #
Ask an LLM
“Can I open one imported clinical document on the legacy path?”
“Does the older lookup say which practice authored a clinical document?”
Tell an agent
Open clinical document {id} using the legacy endpoint.
Show the authoring practice of old-path clinical document {id}.
GET /api/2.0/clinical_documents/ List clinical documents in API 2.0 · List Clinical Documents #
Ask an LLM
“How do I list a patient's imported clinical documents in the 2.0 API?”
“Can API 2.0 sort clinical documents and page through them?”
Tell an agent
List 2.0 clinical documents for patient {patient}.
List API 2.0 clinical documents ordered by {order_by}, {limit} per page.
POST /api/2.0/clinical_documents/ Import a clinical document in API 2.0 · Create Clinical Document #
Ask an LLM
“How do I upload a CCDA XML file for a patient with the 2.0 API?”
“Can I record which sections, like medications or allergies, were imported from a clinical document?”
Tell an agent
In API 2.0, import XML file {xml_file} for patient {patient} from practice {authoring_practice}.
Create a 2.0 clinical document {xml_file} for patient {patient} by {authoring_practice}, author {author_name}.
DELETE /api/2.0/clinical_documents/{id}/ Delete a clinical document in API 2.0 · Delete Clinical Document #
Ask an LLM
“How do I delete an imported clinical document in the 2.0 API?”
“Can I remove a CCDA uploaded to the wrong patient?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete API 2.0 clinical document {id}.
Remove misfiled 2.0 clinical document {id}.
GET /api/2.0/clinical_documents/{id}/ Retrieve a clinical document in API 2.0 · Retrieve Clinical Document #
Ask an LLM
“How do I retrieve a clinical document by ID in API 2.0?”
“Does a 2.0 clinical document show whether its labs and vitals were imported?”
Tell an agent
Retrieve API 2.0 clinical document {id}.
Get which sections were imported from 2.0 clinical document {id}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.elationhealth.com/docs/oauth
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APIReference
https://docs.elationhealth.com/reference/get-token
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Documentation
https://docs.elationhealth.com/reference/scopes
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Documentation
https://docs.elationhealth.com/docs/api-overview
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APIReference
https://docs.elationhealth.com/reference
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APIReference
https://docs.elationhealth.com/reference/insurance-eligibility
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APIReference
https://docs.elationhealth.com/reference/message-threads
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Documentation
https://docs.elationhealth.com/docs/webhooks
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APIReference
https://docs.elationhealth.com/reference/event-subscriptions
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Documentation
https://help.elationhealth.com/articles/rest/overview/api-overview
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APIReference
https://help.elationhealth.com/api-reference
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Authentication
https://help.elationhealth.com/articles/rest/overview/oauth

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elation-health/refs/heads/main/openapi/elation-health-clinical-documents-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elation-health/refs/heads/main/json-schema/elation-health-xml-patient-summary-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elation-health/refs/heads/main/json-schema/elation-health-paginated-xml-patient-summary-list-schema.json

Other Resources

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Webhooks
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elation-health/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/elation-health-events-webhooks.yml
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OAuthScopes
https://help.elationhealth.com/articles/rest/overview/scopes
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ChangeLog
https://help.elationhealth.com/articles/rest/changelog/changelog

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OpenAPI Specification

elation-health-clinical-documents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Elation Health Clinical Documents API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Clinical Documents across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: elation-api-settings.json, elation-health-api-full-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0
- description: Sandbox Server
  url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com
- description: Production Server
  url: https://api.app.elationemr.com
tags:
- name: Clinical Documents
paths:
  /clinical_documents/:
    get:
      summary: Find Clinical Documents
      description: ''
      operationId: find-clinical-documents
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n  \"count\": 123,\n  \"next\": \"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/clinical_documents/?limit=10&offset=10\",\n  \"previous\": \"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/clinical_documents/?limit=10\",\n  \"results\": [  // list of objects\n    { // See Object Definition },\n    // ...\n    { // See Object Definition },\n  ]\n}"
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties: {}
      deprecated: false
      x-readme:
        code-samples:
        - language: python
          code: "import requests\nimport json\n\naccess_token = \"VFroUHsmrErlVI6nJ08Alwhri5RGCW\"\nauth_header = \"Bearer %s\" % (access_token)\n\nresp = requests.get(\"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/clinical_documents/\",\n                    headers={'Authorization': auth_header})\n\nprint(resp.status_code)\nprint(json.dumps(json.loads(resp.content), indent=2))"
        samples-languages:
        - python
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      security:
      - sec0: []
    post:
      summary: Create Clinical Document
      description: ''
      operationId: create-clinical-document
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - patient
              - authoring_practice
              - data_format
              properties:
                patient:
                  type: integer
                  description: The id of the patient
                  format: int32
                authoring_practice:
                  type: integer
                  description: The id of the patient's practice
                  format: int32
                xml_file:
                  properties:
                    original_filename:
                      type: string
                      description: The filename of the xml file
                    content_type:
                      type: string
                      description: The context type of the uploaded file (must be "application/octet-stream")
                      default: application/octet-stream
                    base64_content:
                      type: string
                      description: The base64 of the uploaded file
                  required:
                  - original_filename
                  - content_type
                  - base64_content
                  type: object
                  description: The xml file to be used as clinical document
                data_format:
                  type: integer
                  description: The format of the clinical document data
                  format: int32
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties: {}
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties: {}
      deprecated: false
      x-readme:
        code-samples:
        - language: python
          code: "import requests\nimport json\n\naccess_token = \"TyEPKw8fVGRKpCBa81ygwjCLXDNIAm\"\nauth_header = \"Bearer %s\" % (access_token)\n\n# sending only required data\ndata = {\n  \"patient\": 437635,\n  \"authoring_practice\": 138261,\n  \"xml_file\": {\n    \"original_filename\": \"full_ccda.xml\",\n    \"content_type\": \"application/octet-stream\",\n    \"base64_content\": <BASE 64>\n  },\n  \"data_format\": \"ccda\"\n}\n\nresp = requests.post(\"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/clinical_documents/\",\n                     data=json.dumps(data),\n                     headers={'Authorization': auth_header,\n                              'Content-type': 'application/json'})\n\nprint(resp.status_code)\nprint(json.dumps(json.loads(resp.content), indent=2))"
        samples-languages:
        - python
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      security:
      - sec0: []
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0
  /clinical_documents/{id}/:
    get:
      summary: Get Clinical Document
      description: ''
      operationId: get-clinical-document
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n  \"id\": 83792571234,\n  // See Object Definition\n}"
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties: {}
      deprecated: false
      x-readme:
        code-samples:
        - language: python
          code: "import requests\nimport json\n\naccess_token = \"TyEPKw8fVGRKpCBa81ygwjCLXDNIAm\"\nauth_header = \"Bearer %s\" % (access_token)\n\nresp = requests.get(\"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/clinical_documents/64184451073/\",\n                    headers={'Authorization': auth_header})\n\nprint(resp.status_code)\nprint(json.dumps(json.loads(resp.content), indent=2))"
        samples-languages:
        - python
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      security:
      - sec0: []
    servers:
    - url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0
  /api/2.0/clinical_documents/:
    get:
      operationId: clinical_documents_list
      parameters:
      - description: Number of results to return per page.
        in: query
        name: limit
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - description: The initial index from which to return the results.
        in: query
        name: offset
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - description: Which field to use when ordering the results.
        in: query
        name: order_by
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: Multiple values may be separated by commas.
        explode: false
        in: query
        name: patient
        schema:
          items:
            format: int64
            type: integer
          type: array
        style: form
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedXmlPatientSummaryList'
          description: ''
      security:
      - oauth2: []
      summary: List Clinical Documents
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      x-el8-docs-category: Patient Document API
      x-el8-docs-versions:
      - '2.1'
      - '2.0'
    post:
      description: Create a new clinical document.
      operationId: clinical_documents_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlPatientSummary'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlPatientSummary'
          description: ''
      security:
      - oauth2: []
      summary: Create Clinical Document
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      x-el8-docs-category: Patient Document API
      x-el8-docs-versions:
      - '2.1'
      - '2.0'
    servers:
    - description: Sandbox Server
      url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com
    - description: Production Server
      url: https://api.app.elationemr.com
  /api/2.0/clinical_documents/{id}/:
    delete:
      description: Delete an existing clinical document.
      operationId: clinical_documents_destroy
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          format: int64
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No response body
      security:
      - oauth2: []
      summary: Delete Clinical Document
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      x-el8-docs-category: Patient Document API
      x-el8-docs-versions:
      - '2.1'
      - '2.0'
    get:
      operationId: clinical_documents_retrieve
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          format: int64
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlPatientSummary'
          description: ''
      security:
      - oauth2: []
      summary: Retrieve Clinical Document
      tags:
      - Clinical Documents
      x-el8-docs-category: Patient Document API
      x-el8-docs-versions:
      - '2.1'
      - '2.0'
    servers:
    - description: Sandbox Server
      url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com
    - description: Production Server
      url: https://api.app.elationemr.com
components:
  schemas:
    PaginatedXmlPatientSummaryList:
      properties:
        count:
          example: 123
          type: integer
        next:
          example: http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100
          format: uri
          nullable: true
          type: string
        previous:
          example: http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=200&limit=100
          format: uri
          nullable: true
          type: string
        results:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlPatientSummary'
          type: array
      required:
      - results
      type: object
    DataFormatEnum:
      enum:
      - ccda
      - ccr
      - qrda_1
      type: string
    XmlFile:
      description: Alias for S3RetrievingDocumentFileSerializer with proper OpenAPI schema name.
      properties:
        base64_content:
          type: string
        content_type:
          type: string
        document:
          description: URL to retrieve the document
          format: uri
          type: string
        external_content: {}
        id:
          readOnly: true
          type: integer
        original_filename:
          type: string
      type: object
    XmlPatientSummary:
      properties:
        allergies_imported:
          type: boolean
        author_name:
          maxLength: 255
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        authoring_practice:
          format: int64
          type: integer
        created_date:
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        data_format:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataFormatEnum'
          description: The format of the clinical document data.
        deleted_date:
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        demographics_imported:
          type: boolean
        encounters_imported:
          type: boolean
        id:
          readOnly: true
          type: integer
        immunizations_imported:
          type: boolean
        labs_imported:
          type: boolean
        medications_imported:
          type: boolean
        patient:
          format: int64
          type: integer
        problems_imported:
          type: boolean
        procedures_imported:
          type: boolean
        vitals_imported:
          type: boolean
        xml_file:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlFile'
          description: The xml file to be used as clinical document.
      required:
      - authoring_practice
      - patient
      - xml_file
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    sec0:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://example.com/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
    oauth2:
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes:
            act_as_user: Impersonate a provider via X-On-Behalf-Of (combinable with apiv2 or system scopes)
            apiv2: Full access to the API
            system/{resource_name}.read: Read access to a specific resource
            system/{resource_name}.write: Write access to a specific resource
          tokenUrl: /api/2.0/oauth2/token/
      type: oauth2
x-refined-from:
- elation-api-settings.json
- elation-health-api-full-openapi.yaml
x-readme:
  headers: []
x-readme-fauxas: true