| name | fhir |
| description | FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard. Tools for reading, writing, and querying healthcare data via FHIR APIs: patients, observations, conditions, medications, procedures. Interop with EHR systems. |
| tags | ["fhir","healthcare","ehr","interoperability","hl7","api","zorai"] |
Overview
FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) tools for reading, writing, and querying healthcare data via FHIR REST APIs. Work with Patient, Observation, Condition, MedicationRequest, and Encounter resources from EHR systems.
Installation
uv pip install fhir.resources requests
Query Patients
import requests
from fhir.resources.patient import Patient
base_url = "https://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4"
resp = requests.get(f"{base_url}/Patient", params={"family": "Smith", "birthdate": "gt1970"})
data = resp.json()
for entry in data.get("entry", []):
patient = Patient.parse_obj(entry["resource"])
name = patient.name[0]
print(f"{name.family}, {name.given[0]}")
Create a Resource
patient = Patient(
name=[{"family": "Doe", "given": ["John"], "use": "official"}],
birthDate="1980-05-15",
gender="male",
)
resp = requests.post(
f"{base_url}/Patient",
json=patient.dict(),
headers={"Content-Type": "application/fhir+json"},
)
print(f"Created: {resp.json()['id']}")
Workflow
- Identify FHIR server endpoint (HAPI, Epic, Cerner)
- Query resources with search parameters
- Parse responses into typed resource objects
- Create/update with POST/PUT
- Use
$everything for comprehensive patient data
