Elation Health

Elation Health Letters API

The Letters API from Elation Health — 3 operation(s) for letters.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

GET /letters Find Letters #
GET /letters/{id} Get Letter #
PUT /letters/{id} Update Letter #
PATCH /letters/{id} Update Letter #
POST /letters/ Post Letter #

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-letters-api-openapi.yml

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-letters-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Settings Letters API
  version: unknown
servers:
- url: https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0
security:
- sec0: []
tags:
- name: Letters
paths:
  /letters:
    get:
      summary: Find Letters
      description: ''
      operationId: find-letters
      parameters:
      - name: patient
        in: query
        description: Patient ID
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: practice
        in: query
        description: Practice ID
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: document_date__gt
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: document_date__lt
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: document_date__gte
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: document_date__lte
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: recipient_name
        in: query
        description: Recipient Name
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: recipient_id
        in: query
        description: Recipient ID
        schema:
          type: integer
          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
      tags:
      - Letters
  /letters/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Get Letter
      description: ''
      operationId: get-letter
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: Letter ID
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        required: true
      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
      tags:
      - Letters
    put:
      summary: Update Letter
      description: ''
      operationId: update-letter
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: Letter ID
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        required: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - patient
              - practice
              - referral_order
              properties:
                patient:
                  type: string
                  description: The id of the patient
                practice:
                  type: string
                  description: The id of the practice
                body:
                  type: string
                  description: body of the letter
                subject:
                  type: string
                  description: subject of the letter (Not needed with referral_order)
                send_to_contact:
                  type: string
                  description: object with the recipient of the letter
                referral_order:
                  type: string
                  description: Id of the Referral Order  (Not needed with subject)
                signed_by:
                  type: integer
                  description: The id of the signer. A signer can be the practice or staff with delegated permission for letter signing off
                  format: int32
                sign_date:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The time of signing off. Example: 2022-11-10T01:06:22Z'
                  format: date
                send_out:
                  type: boolean
                  description: A flag to indicate if the referral letter should be sent out or not
                  default: false
                delivery_date:
                  type: string
                  description: If given, the letter will be sent on the given date instead of today.
                  format: date
      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\n# sending only required data\ndata = {\n  \"practice\" : 64901939456,\n  \"patient\": 64901939201\n  \"body\": \"Body of a letter\",\n  \"subject\" : \"Subject of a letter\",\n  \"send_to_contact\": {\"id\": 64901939893}\n\n}\n\nresp = requests.put(\"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/letters/67176497153/\",\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:
      - Letters
    patch:
      summary: Update Letter
      description: ''
      operationId: patch-letter
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        description: Letter ID
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        required: true
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - patient
              - practice
              - referral_order
              properties:
                patient:
                  type: string
                  description: The id of the patient
                practice:
                  type: string
                  description: The id of the practice
                body:
                  type: string
                  description: body of the letter
                subject:
                  type: string
                  description: subject of the letter (Not needed with referral_order)
                send_to_contact:
                  type: string
                  description: object with the recipient of the letter
                referral_order:
                  type: string
                  description: Id of the Referral Order  (Not needed with subject)
                signed_by:
                  type: integer
                  description: The id of the signer. A signer can be the practice or staff with delegated permission for letter signing off
                  format: int32
                sign_date:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The time of signing off. Example: 2022-11-10T01:06:22Z'
                  format: date
                send_out:
                  type: boolean
                  description: A flag to indicate if the referral letter should be sent out or not
                  default: false
                delivery_date:
                  type: string
                  description: If given, the letter will be sent on the given date instead of today.
                  format: date
      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\n# sending only required data\ndata = {\n  \"practice\" : 64901939456,\n  \"patient\": 64901939201\n  \"body\": \"Body of a letter\",\n  \"subject\" : \"Subject of a letter\",\n  \"send_to_contact\": {\"id\": 64901939893}\n\n}\n\nresp = requests.patch(\"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/letters/67176497153/\",\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:
      - Letters
  /letters/:
    post:
      summary: Post Letter
      description: ''
      operationId: post-letter
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - patient
              - practice
              - body
              - send_to_contact
              - referral_order
              properties:
                patient:
                  type: integer
                  description: The id of the patient
                  format: int64
                practice:
                  type: integer
                  description: The id of the practice
                  format: int64
                body:
                  type: string
                  description: body of the letter
                subject:
                  type: string
                  description: subject of the letter (Not needed with referral_order)
                send_to_contact:
                  type: object
                  description: object with the recipient of the letter
                  properties: {}
                referral_order:
                  type: integer
                  description: Id of the Referral Order  (Not needed with subject)
                  format: int64
      responses:
        '201':
          description: '201'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n  \"id\": 65097302057,\n\t// 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\n# sending only required data\ndata = {\n  \"practice\" : 64901939456,\n  \"patient\": 64901939201\n  \"body\": \"Body of a letter\",\n  \"subject\" : \"Subject of a letter\",\n  \"send_to_contact\": {\"id\": 64901939893}\n\n}\n\nresp = requests.post(\"https://sandbox.elationemr.com/api/2.0/letters/\",\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:
      - Letters
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sec0:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://example.com/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
x-readme:
  headers: []
x-readme-fauxas: true