Stream: implementers
Topic: Specifying phone use in patient search
Kyle Heck (Dec 14 2018 at 16:31):
Hello! I am trying to understand FHIR search. I am implementing patient and have a requirement to be able to search by mobile or search by home phone. From the documentation this does not sound like it is supported . Is there a way this could be accomplished?
Michele Mottini (Dec 14 2018 at 17:02):
Use ../Patient?phone=xxxxxx or .../Patient?telecom=xxxxx - it won't search specifically by home or mobile phone but it is close enough
Kyle Heck (Dec 14 2018 at 17:06):
That distinction between home and mobile is what I am getting at. Is FHIR capable of making that distinction when searching?
Michele Mottini (Dec 14 2018 at 17:07):
No - not using any of the standard search parameters
Michele Mottini (Dec 14 2018 at 17:07):
A server might implement a custom search parameter to do that - but it won't be standard
Michele Mottini (Dec 14 2018 at 17:08):
(and even the standard ones could not be implemented - for example our server implements 'telecom' but not 'phone')
Kyle Heck (Dec 14 2018 at 17:09):
Ok! Thanks Michele! I will have to work around this then.
Michael Donnelly (Jan 14 2019 at 22:26):
Would there be a need for that anyway, @Kyle Heck ? It's unlikely that a given phone number is a mobile number for one patient and a home number for another.
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