Creating Observations

For creating Observation resources, the api will support a single POST to an Observation endpoint fhir/R4/Observation or a Bundle (outlined in detail below) to the fhir/R4 endpoint

warning

The meta.account.reference must be set with a valid ORGANIZATION_ID or the request will error out

Posting a single Observation

curl --request POST \
  --url ${BASE_URL}/fhir/R4/Observation \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "resourceType": "Observation",
  "status": "final",
  "meta": {
    "account": {
      "reference": "Organization/${ORGANIZATION_ID}"
    }
  },
  "subject": {
    "type": "Patient",
    "identifier": {
      "system": "http://example.org/patient-ids",
      "value": "123456",
      "type": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
            "code": "MR"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "partOf": [
    {
      "type": "ImagingStudy",
      "identifier": {
        "system": "http://example.org/filler-order-number",
        "value": "1234",
        "type": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
              "code": "ACSN"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "code": "10231-9",
        "display": "Right ventricular Ejection fraction"
      }
    ]
  },
  "valueQuantity": {
    "value": 29,
    "unit": "%",
    "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
    "code": "%"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">29%</div>"
  }
}'

Batch POST JSON Body example (HL7 FHIR Bundle)

curl --request POST \
  --url ${BASE_URL}/fhir/R4 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "resourceType": "Bundle",
    "type": "batch",
    "entry": [
      {
        "resource": {
          "resourceType": "Observation",
          "status": "final",
          "meta": {
            "account": {
              "reference": "Organization/${ORGANIZATION_ID}"
            }
          },
          "subject": {
            "type": "Patient",
            "identifier": {
              "system": "http://example.org/patient-ids",
              "value": "123456",
              "type": {
                "coding": [
                  {
                    "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
                    "code": "MR"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          },
          "partOf": [
            {
              "type": "ImagingStudy",
              "identifier": {
                "system": "http://example.org/filler-order-number",
                "value": "1234",
                "type": {
                  "coding": [
                    {
                      "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
                      "code": "ACSN"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "code": {
            "coding": [
              {
                "code": "10231-9",
                "display": "Right ventricular Ejection fraction"
              }
            ]
          },
          "valueQuantity": {
            "value": 29,
            "unit": "%",
            "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code": "%"
          },
          "text": {
            "status": "generated",
            "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">29%</div>"
          }
        },
        "request": {
          "method": "POST",
          "url": "Observation"
        }
      },
      {
        "resource": {
          "resourceType": "Observation",
          "status": "final",
          "meta": {
            "account": {
              "reference": "Organization/${ORGANIZATION_ID}"
            }
          },
          "subject": {
            "type": "Patient",
            "identifier": {
              "system": "http://example.org/patient-ids",
              "value": "123456",
              "type": {
                "coding": [
                  {
                    "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
                    "code": "MR"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          },
          "partOf": [
            {
              "type": "ImagingStudy",
              "identifier": {
                "system": "http://example.org/filler-order-number",
                "value": "1234",
                "type": {
                  "coding": [
                    {
                      "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
                      "code": "ACSN"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          ],
          "code": {
            "coding": [
              {
                "code": "10231-5",
                "display": "Left ventricular Ejection fraction"
              }
            ]
          },
          "valueQuantity": {
            "value": 35,
            "unit": "%",
            "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code": "%"
          },
          "text": {
            "status": "generated",
            "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">35%</div>"
          }
        },
        "request": {
          "method": "POST",
          "url": "Observation"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
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