How to send/save FHIR structured data into openEMR?

shakogele · September 16, 2019, 10:30am

Hello EveryOne,

I am sending a data to ‘http://domain/apis/fhir/Patient’ using post request,
I am sending FHIR object in JSON, and server responds with 200 OK, however the data is not saved into DB.

I tried http://domain/apis/api/patient and it works (in plain JSON) however I want to send only FHIR structured data.

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong / or how to find a solution for my issue?

Thanks In Advance,
Kind Regards

sjpadgett · September 16, 2019, 1:58pm

Current Fhir api doesn’t allow create or updates(Post/Put). You’re more than welcome to add to the api services if you’re in a developers frame of mind.

shakogele · September 16, 2019, 6:42pm

Thanks for your answer,
Actually I already looked at the code and find out that it’s not supported, however it can be implemented.
I’ll write a code to implement Fhir Observation POST/PUT method, which is the only thing we need for now.

Christoforos_Korifid · August 28, 2021, 3:36pm

Hello,

Have you implement the code for put / post fhir data?

stephenwaite · August 28, 2021, 11:29pm

hi @Christoforos_Korifid, please see the fhir readme

Christoforos_Korifid · August 29, 2021, 5:43am

I have read it but it does not have put routines for observations.
Is there a more recent documentation?
Is there some other way?
Do I have to implement it my self ?

adunsulag · August 30, 2021, 9:20pm

@Christoforos_Korifid What kind of data are you attempting to save? Observation is one of the most complicated FHIR resources because it maps onto many different underlying data models / constructs in the OpenEMR system. We currently support read only access to vitals observations, social history observations, and lab result observations.

If you want to create any of those underlying data elements you will need to implement that yourself. I’d be happy to review a pull request and incorporate it into the main OpenEMR codebase if you want to take on that task.

Christoforos_Korifid · September 1, 2021, 4:24am

Thank you.

I was trying for example to send systolic pressure value.

I will try to implement it my self when there is time.
Mean while can I send this value through json api instead?

adunsulag · September 2, 2021, 2:45am

You can save vital records (which includes systolic pressure) using the standard API (Not FHIR).

Christoforos_Korifid · September 4, 2021, 8:55am

Thanks for the answer.

I can not find the section for vitals in the documentation.

github.com

openemr/openemr/blob/master/API_README.md

# OpenEMR REST API Documentation

## Overview

Easy-to-use JSON-based REST API for OpenEMR. All code is done in classes and separate from the view to help with codebase modernization efforts. FHIR is also supported, see FHIR API documentation [here](FHIR_README.md)

## Implementation

REST API endpoints are defined in the [primary routes file](_rest_routes.inc.php). The routes file maps an external, addressable
endpoint to the OpenEMR controller which handles the request, and also handles the JSON data conversions.

```php
"POST /api/patient" => function () {
    RestConfig::authorization_check("patients", "demo");
    $data = (array) (json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input")));
    $return = (new PatientRestController())->post($data);
    RestConfig::apiLog($return, $data);
    return $return;
}
```

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I need some more help here.

Thanks in advance .

partner.Sunil.Kumar · February 7, 2023, 6:38am

Has Fhir api allow to create or updates(Post/Put).Is this feature is available in openemr rest api now?

Thank you,