Health Gorilla

Health Gorilla Document Reference API

Clinical document metadata.

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Healthcare Interoperability Operations BC-2900.60

Operations 2

GET /DocumentReference Search DocumentReference resources #

GET /DocumentReference/{id} Read a DocumentReference resource by id #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Health Gorilla FHIR R4 Document Reference API
  description: HL7 FHIR R4 REST API for the Health Gorilla health-data interoperability network. Provides access to patient records, person-authorized federated record retrieval across national exchange networks (QHIN / TEFCA), diagnostic (lab and radiology) ordering and results, clinical documents, and coverage/eligibility data. All requests require OAuth 2.0 bearer authentication.
  termsOfService: https://www.healthgorilla.com/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: Health Gorilla Developer Support
    email: info@healthgorilla.com
    url: https://developer.healthgorilla.com
  version: R4
servers:
- url: https://api.healthgorilla.com/fhir/R4
  description: Production
- url: https://sandbox.healthgorilla.com/fhir/R4
  description: Sandbox
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Document Reference
  description: Clinical document metadata.
paths:
  /DocumentReference:
    get:
      operationId: searchDocumentReferences
      tags:
      - Document Reference
      summary: Search DocumentReference resources
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/patient'
      - name: type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A FHIR Bundle of DocumentReference resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /DocumentReference/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: readDocumentReference
      tags:
      - Document Reference
      summary: Read a DocumentReference resource by id
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentReference'
components:
  schemas:
    Bundle:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
          example: Bundle
        type:
          type: string
          example: searchset
        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:
                type: object
    DocumentReference:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
          example: DocumentReference
        id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        type:
          type: object
        subject:
          type: object
        content:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              attachment:
                type: object
                properties:
                  contentType:
                    type: string
                  url:
                    type: string
  parameters:
    count:
      name: _count
      in: query
      description: Number of results per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
    patient:
      name: patient
      in: query
      description: Reference to the subject Patient (e.g. Patient/{id}).
      schema:
        type: string
    id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The logical id of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: 'OAuth 2.0 bearer access token. Obtain a token using the client credentials issued during onboarding via the Health Gorilla OAuth 2.0 token endpoint, then pass it as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`.'

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