Stream: CARIN IG for Blue Button®
Topic: Using CARINBB with HAPI FHIR API
Julius Mark (Aug 04 2020 at 01:28):
How can I use the resources that were defined in CARINBB?
For example, if I want to use any of the resources on this page: https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/carin-bb/Examples.html
How do I do that?
Does CARINBB defined operations that can be performed on these resources?
Michele Mottini (Aug 04 2020 at 14:01):
Not 100% sure of what you mean. The possible 'operations' defined in the implementation guides are searches: eg client search ExplanationOfBenefit for specific patients
Michele Mottini (Aug 04 2020 at 14:02):
What a client does with the information is up to the client
Julius Mark (Aug 04 2020 at 16:20):
Michele Mottini said:
What a client does with the information is up to the client
What I am trying to figure out is how to use Blue Button 2.0 in a FHIR API project.
Located here: https://bluebutton.cms.gov/
Is this API the same as HAPI FHIR API?
Michele Mottini (Aug 04 2020 at 16:28):
HAPI is a general purpose FHIR server - it can sit on top of its own data store or in front of other data stores. CMS Blue Button is a specific FHIR end point to get Medicare claims data . They implement the same API in the sense that they both implement FHIR
Michele Mottini (Aug 04 2020 at 16:29):
The BlueButton documentation at that link specifies which resources they implement, which search parameter they support etc. - all info needed to actually access the data
Julius Mark (Aug 04 2020 at 18:38):
Michele Mottini said:
The BlueButton documentation at that link specifies which resources they implement, which search parameter they support etc. - all info needed to actually access the data
I think I am starting to understand what Carin BlueButton 2.0 is all about.
BB 2.0 API contains data about people who are on Medicare. Applications can access this API to get data about those people out of the API.
Josh Lamb (Aug 04 2020 at 19:24):
The capability statement for the IG will contain the supported server and client interactions that fall within scope of the IG. At a high level, the ExplanationOfBenefit resource is the focal resource for the CARIN BB IG. Other resources specified within the CARIN IG will be specified within the context of the EOB.
The build version of the server's capability statement can be found here, once published: https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/carin-bb/Capability.html
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
