Links to Documentation:  ConnectEHR v4 + BulkFHIR4​, Dynamic FHIR API R4, Dynamic FHIR API STU3

 

The API makes health information broadly available using FHIR®, a set of clinical interoperability resources under the umbrella of the HL7 standards organization. FHIR is based on common web standards, including XML and JSON, and can be reached through a RESTful protocol in which each FHIR resource has a known URL. The standard continues to grow and become more widely used for patient data.

 

We chose FHIR because it combines the domain-specific features developed over many years through the HL7 standards organization with leading-edge e-commerce and security authorization protocols used by industry leaders like Google, Facebook, and Amazon.

 

The Dynamic FHIR API jump-starts your interoperability and patient engagement efforts while meeting ONC 2015 EHR API certification requirements 170.315(g)(7), (g)(9), and (g)(10).

 

The Dynamic FHIR API makes EHR patient data readily available:

• The data is populated into the DHIT FHIR server via receipt of a version 2.1 CCDA.

• Delivers XML or JSON to API client of your choice.​

• Retrieves all USCDIv1 data or a class of data (e.g. clinical notes, problems, labs, or medications)

• Implemented as a stand-alone product or part of the DHIT suite.

• Secures the data using the HIPAA-compliant OATH standard for user authorization

The Dynamic FHIR API supports the following access/launch types:

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• Patient Access from an End-User Device:  Standalone Launch provides patients access to USCDIv1 data in XML or JSON format via FHIR R4 DocumentReference Resource from any compatible app using Authorization Code Flow.

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• Patient Portal API Access:  Patient Launch of an App from within a Patient Portal user session using the EHR Launch Flow.  

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• Practitioner Portal API Access:  Practitioner Launch of an App from within their EHR session. The EHR Launch Flow can be either a Single-patient app that runs in the context of a patient record or a User-level app (Ex. Appointment manager).

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• Backend Service Access for Bulk Data (Flat FHIR):  Provides access to Clients autonomously or semi-autonomously that need to access to resources from FHIR servers that have pre-authorized defined scopes of access. 

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