Stream: implementers
Topic: Auto assigning a field
Tim Dartt (Mar 10 2022 at 16:07):
My company is talking about creating a mobile app to allow for patient entry. The question we have is can FHIR autoincrement a field when its created or have a field auto-filled via an API call?
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 10 2022 at 17:35):
FHIR is about "what data to you share across an interface". It says nothing at all about what you do with data in your database. You can modify data in any way you wish within the bounds of your system. If you want to change data in a different system, then you generally need to do that with an explicit POST or PUT (though calling a custom operation is also an option).
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
