PatientSearchResponse
A successful response body (0 or 1 patient match) returns a FHIR® Bundle resource. It will contain zero or one FHIR® Patient resource depending on whether a match was found or not. Listed below are links to the FHIR® documentation for the resources and web service API endpoint information.
PatientSearchResponse Sample Response Explained
Patient Match Found
| FHIR Resource Hierarchy | Cardinality Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Bundle | Patient found response will be a Bundle with a single Patient resource. | |
| Patient | A Patient resource populated with the Surescripts assigned patient identifier and demographics for the requested patient will be returned. |
No Patient Match Found
| FHIR Resource Hierarchy | Cardinality Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Bundle | When no error occurs, but no patient match was found by any responder, an empty Bundle will be returned. |
Error Response
| FHIR Resource Hierarchy | Cardinality Description | |
|---|---|---|
| OperationOutcome | When an error is encountered trying to process the Patient Match request, an OperationOutcome with a diagnostics value containing text with the error description will be returned. |