Epic Systems

Epic FHIR R4 API

Epic's HL7 FHIR R4 (4.0.1) REST API, aligned to the US Core implementation guides and exposing 59 resource types (Patient, Encounter, Observation, Condition, MedicationRequest, DiagnosticReport, DocumentReference, Appointment, Coverage, ExplanationOfBenefit, and more) with read, search-type, create, and update interactions. Authorized with SMART on FHIR / OAuth 2.0. A live public sandbox CapabilityStatement was harvested verbatim.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://fhir.epic.com/Documentation?docId=fhirtutorial
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APIReference
https://fhir.epic.com/Specifications
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Authentication
https://fhir.epic.com/Documentation?docId=oauth2

Other Resources

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CapabilityStatement
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/epic-systems/refs/heads/main/fhir/epic-fhir-r4-capabilitystatement.json
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SMARTConfiguration
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/epic-systems/refs/heads/main/fhir/epic-fhir-r4-smart-configuration.json
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/epic-systems/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: epic-systems:epic-fhir-r4-api
name: Epic FHIR R4 API
description: Epic's HL7 FHIR R4 (4.0.1) REST API, aligned to the US Core implementation guides and exposing
  59 resource types (Patient, Encounter, Observation, Condition, MedicationRequest, DiagnosticReport,
  DocumentReference, Appointment, Coverage, ExplanationOfBenefit, and more) with read, search-type, create,
  and update interactions. Authorized with SMART on FHIR / OAuth 2.0. A live public sandbox CapabilityStatement
  was harvested verbatim.
humanURL: https://fhir.epic.com/Specifications
baseURL: https://fhir.epic.com/interconnect-fhir-oauth/api/FHIR/R4
tags:
- FHIR
- R4
- US Core
properties:
- type: CapabilityStatement
  url: fhir/epic-fhir-r4-capabilitystatement.json
- type: SMARTConfiguration
  url: fhir/epic-fhir-r4-smart-configuration.json
- type: Documentation
  url: https://fhir.epic.com/Documentation?docId=fhirtutorial
- type: APIReference
  url: https://fhir.epic.com/Specifications
- type: Authentication
  url: https://fhir.epic.com/Documentation?docId=oauth2