This resource contains clinical context for diagnostic tests (e.g., lab tests, pathology, imaging) performed on a patient or group of patients. Diagnostic reports comprise discrete results, images, or codes.
You can receive, retrieve, or save details for diagnostic reports.
$write
This operation allows you to save new or updated discrete diagnostic results to a patient’s chart after completing some kind of testing for a patient.
cURL request example
Request Body Schema
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:Bundle
- typerequired, string
Identifies this bundle as a message
Value:message
- entryrequired, Array of MessageHeader, Patient, Observation, DiagnosticReport or Other
An array of FHIR resources. At a minimum, a Diagnostic Report should include the following entries:
- Patient - the patient
- Observation - an observation related to a diagnostic report
- DiagnosticReport - the diagnostic reports related to the patient
- resourcerequired, object
Additional metadata about the message including the event
- resourceTyperequired, string
Identifies the type of the resource
Value:MessageHeader
- sourcerequired, object
Information about the sender of the message. This will typically be populated by Redox.
- endpointrequired, string
Identifies the routing target to send acknowledgements to.
- namestring
Human-readable name for the source system.
- eventCodingrequired, object
This describes the message being communicated
- systemstring
The identification of the code system that defines the meaning of the symbol in the code.
- codestring
A symbol in syntax defined by the system. The symbol may be a predefined code or an expression in a syntax defined by the coding system (e.g. post-coordination).
Value:DiagnosticReport-New
An entry in the bundle containing a FHIR resource
- timestampstring
The date/time that the bundle was assembled - i.e. when the resources were placed in the bundle.