Health Gorilla Patient API

Patient demographics and patient-scoped record retrieval.

Operations 5

GET /Patient Search Patient resources. #
POST /Patient Create a Patient resource. #
GET /Patient/{id} Read a Patient resource by id. #
PUT /Patient/{id} Update a Patient resource. #
GET /Patient/{id}/$everything Retrieve all records for a patient. #

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OpenAPI Specification

health-gorilla-patient-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Health Gorilla FHIR R4 Binary Patient 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: Patient
  description: Patient demographics and patient-scoped record retrieval.
paths:
  /Patient:
    get:
      operationId: searchPatients
      tags:
      - Patient
      summary: Search Patient resources.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/identifier'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/name'
      - name: birthdate
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: gender
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A FHIR Bundle of matching Patient resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
    post:
      operationId: createPatient
      tags:
      - Patient
      summary: Create a Patient resource.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/fhir+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
  /Patient/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: readPatient
      tags:
      - Patient
      summary: Read a Patient resource by id.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OperationOutcome'
    put:
      operationId: updatePatient
      tags:
      - Patient
      summary: Update a Patient resource.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/fhir+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
  /Patient/{id}/$everything:
    get:
      operationId: patientEverything
      tags:
      - Patient
      summary: Retrieve all records for a patient.
      description: FHIR $everything operation returning a Bundle of all resources in the patient compartment, including federated records retrieved across the national exchange network.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A FHIR Bundle of patient-scoped resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
        '202':
          description: Accepted - federated retrieval is in progress; poll the returned location for completed, partial, or failed status.
components:
  parameters:
    name:
      name: name
      in: query
      description: A portion of the name.
      schema:
        type: string
    count:
      name: _count
      in: query
      description: Number of results per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
    id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The logical id of the resource.
      schema:
        type: string
    identifier:
      name: identifier
      in: query
      description: A resource identifier (system|value).
      schema:
        type: string
  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
    Patient:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
          example: Patient
        id:
          type: string
        identifier:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        name:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        gender:
          type: string
        birthDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        address:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        telecom:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    OperationOutcome:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
          example: OperationOutcome
        issue:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              severity:
                type: string
              code:
                type: string
              diagnostics:
                type: string
  responses:
    OperationOutcome:
      description: A FHIR OperationOutcome describing an error.
      content:
        application/fhir+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationOutcome'
  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}`.'