Stream: Endpoint Discovery
Topic: Epic Endpoints available via FHIR Endpoint Bundle
Cooper Thompson (Jul 28 2021 at 15:59):
I don't really like doing announcements, but I figured some folks might be used to our JSON file, and don't really check back on what we (Epic) offer for endpoint publishing. We've recently added FHIR endpoint bundles for our FHIR endpoints (both DSTU2 and R4). You can find the links to those endpoint bundles here: https://open.epic.com/MyApps/Endpoints.
Cooper Thompson (Jul 28 2021 at 16:00):
This isn't a search API (yet). It is mostly just a FHIR-based iteration on our JSON file.
Michele Mottini (Jul 28 2021 at 16:08):
Nice! Thanks
Josh Mandel (Jul 29 2021 at 15:02):
Just ran across this last week when I was showing someone the JSON endpoints list -- great stuff!
Dk (Aug 12 2021 at 22:03):
Cooper Thompson said:
I don't really like doing announcements, but I figured some folks might be used to our JSON file, and don't really check back on what we (Epic) offer for endpoint publishing. We've recently added FHIR endpoint bundles for our FHIR endpoints (both DSTU2 and R4). You can find the links to those endpoint bundles here: https://open.epic.com/MyApps/Endpoints.
Nice , thanks. This is very helpful. I found some gaps between credentials & endpoints matchup. Any suggestions on how to find those missing endpoint. Thanks in advance
Patrick Haig (Nov 09 2021 at 21:55):
Cooper Thompson said:
I don't really like doing announcements, but I figured some folks might be used to our JSON file, and don't really check back on what we (Epic) offer for endpoint publishing. We've recently added FHIR endpoint bundles for our FHIR endpoints (both DSTU2 and R4). You can find the links to those endpoint bundles here: https://open.epic.com/MyApps/Endpoints.
Do you guys anticipate publishing endpoints with identifiers, like NPPES or CMS CCN identifiers? A material amount of hospitals have similar-ish names, making it kind of hard to confidently match endpoint to facility.
Josh Mandel (Nov 09 2021 at 22:53):
100% agreed -- an array of organizational NPIs in the contained Organization.identifier would be a huge help.
Josh Mandel (Nov 09 2021 at 22:54):
(This came up recently in a real-world example with "Mercy" -- tweaks like adding states to the "name" are nice but only go so far.)
John Moehrke (Nov 10 2021 at 12:31):
It is common recommendation in Implementation Guides. Getting reality to align with theory is the current problem.
Cooper Thompson (Nov 11 2021 at 00:35):
I have a design in progress to add facility NPI and ZIP codes. No promises on timeline though, lots of other higher priority regulatory work going on.
Paul Denning (Nov 12 2021 at 14:24):
Some IGs that use NPI:
http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/davinci-atr/StructureDefinition-atr-practitioner-definitions.html#Practitioner.identifier:NPI http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/davinci-atr/StructureDefinition-atr-organization-definitions.html#Organization.identifier:NPI
http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/US-Core/StructureDefinition-us-core-practitioner-definitions.html#Practitioner.identifier:NPI
Also note the use of identifier.type.coding for NPI in http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/davinci-atr/RelatedPerson-1.json.html (but identifier.system and identififer.code don't use NPI pattern shown above)
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