SMART Health IT Clinical Records API

Observations, conditions, medications, encounters, allergies, and immunizations.

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GET /Observation Search observations conformant #

GET /Condition Search conditions conformant #

GET /MedicationRequest Search medication requests conformant #

GET /Encounter Search encounters conformant #

GET /AllergyIntolerance Search allergies and intolerances conformant #

GET /Immunization Search immunizations conformant #

GET /DocumentReference Search document references conformant #

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https://docs.smarthealthit.org/

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Documentation

https://hl7.org/fhir/smart-app-launch/

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APIReference

https://launch.smarthealthit.org/v/r4/fhir/metadata

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APIReference

https://bulk-data.smarthealthit.org/

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OpenAPI

https://artifacts.apis.io/smarthealthit/openapi/smarthealthit-clinical-records-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SMART Health IT Sandbox FHIR Clinical Records API
  description: Public, free sandbox APIs operated by SMART Health IT (Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School) for building and testing SMART on FHIR apps.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: SMART Health IT
    url: https://smarthealthit.org
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/smart-on-fhir/smart-launcher-v2/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://r4.smarthealthit.org
  description: Open FHIR R4 sandbox (no authentication required)
- url: https://launch.smarthealthit.org/v/r4/fhir
  description: SMART App Launcher protected FHIR R4 proxy (SMART App Launch OAuth 2.0)
- url: https://bulk-data.smarthealthit.org/fhir
  description: Reference Bulk Data server (SMART Backend Services authentication)
security:
- smartOnFhir: []
- {}
tags:
- name: Clinical Records
  description: Observations, conditions, medications, encounters, allergies, and immunizations.
paths:
  /Observation:
    get:
      operationId: searchObservations
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search observations
      description: Searches Observation resources - vital signs, lab results, and other measurements - typically scoped to a patient with the patient search parameter and filtered by category or code.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      - name: category
        in: query
        description: Observation category (for example vital-signs or laboratory).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: code
        in: query
        description: LOINC or other code identifying the observation.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of Observation resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /Condition:
    get:
      operationId: searchConditions
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search conditions
      description: Searches Condition resources (problems and diagnoses) for a patient.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of Condition resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /MedicationRequest:
    get:
      operationId: searchMedicationRequests
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search medication requests
      description: Searches MedicationRequest resources (prescriptions and medication orders) for a patient.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of MedicationRequest resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /Encounter:
    get:
      operationId: searchEncounters
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search encounters
      description: Searches Encounter resources (visits and admissions) for a patient.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of Encounter resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /AllergyIntolerance:
    get:
      operationId: searchAllergyIntolerances
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search allergies and intolerances
      description: Searches AllergyIntolerance resources for a patient.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of AllergyIntolerance resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /Immunization:
    get:
      operationId: searchImmunizations
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search immunizations
      description: Searches Immunization resources (vaccination history) for a patient.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of Immunization resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
  /DocumentReference:
    get:
      operationId: searchDocumentReferences
      tags:
      - Clinical Records
      summary: Search document references
      description: Searches DocumentReference resources (clinical notes and documents) for a patient.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Patient'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A searchset Bundle of DocumentReference resources.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bundle'
components:
  schemas:
    Bundle:
      type: object
      description: A FHIR R4 searchset Bundle.
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Bundle
        type:
          type: string
        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:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FhirResource'
    FhirResource:
      type: object
      description: Any FHIR R4 resource, identified by its resourceType element.
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: true
  parameters:
    Count:
      name: _count
      in: query
      description: Maximum number of entries per page of the returned Bundle.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Patient:
      name: patient
      in: query
      description: Scope the search to a patient, for example "Patient/123" or "123".
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    smartOnFhir:
      type: oauth2
      description: HL7 SMART App Launch OAuth 2.0 profile, used by the launcher's protected FHIR proxy. The open r4.smarthealthit.org sandbox requires no authentication; the Bulk Data server uses SMART Backend Services (client_credentials with a signed JWT assertion).
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://launch.smarthealthit.org/v/r4/auth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://launch.smarthealthit.org/v/r4/auth/token
          scopes:
            openid: OpenID Connect identity.
            fhirUser: Identity of the launching user as a FHIR resource.
            launch/patient: Request a patient in context at launch.
            patient/*.read: Read all resources for the patient in context.
            user/*.read: Read all resources the user can access.
            system/*.read: Backend services system-level read access.
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://launch.smarthealthit.org/v/r4/auth/token
          scopes:
            system/*.read: Backend services system-level read access.
externalDocs:
  description: SMART on FHIR developer documentation
  url: https://docs.smarthealthit.org