FHIR - Repeated patient resource on a single xml message - hl7-fhir

Question

We are querying a web service to retrieve a list of patients.
Is there a way to encapsulate several tags in a root element that matches the FHIR standard ?
Or is FHIR dedicated to manage patient one by one ?

Answer 1

There is a way to retrieve a list of patients. Here's examples:
http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient?_id=1,2,example (DSTU 1)
http://fhir-dev.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient?_id=1,2,example (Candidate DSTU 2)
If you just use those URLs directly, you'll get an HTML view of the underlying format. Use a REST explorer (e.g. Postman) to see the underlying XML, which, for the DSTU 1 case, looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<title>Search results for resource type Patient</title>
<id>urn:uuid:fac88057-33e9-4401-86da-c86027d36b</id>
<link href="http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/" rel="fhir-base" />
<link href="http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/_search?_format=text/xml+fhir&search-id=ac47863c-3d02-4ac8-9fdd-fcb2467f60&&_id=1%2C2%2Cexample&search-sort=_id" rel="self" />
<updated>2015-01-08T20:27:45Z</updated>
<totalResults xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">3</totalResults>
<entry>
<title>Patient "1" Version "22"</title>
<id>http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/1</id>
<link href="http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/1/_history/22" rel="self" />
<updated>2014-12-23T17:34:02Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Anonymous (155.230.118.94)</name>
</author>
<published>2015-01-08T20:27:45Z</published>
<content type="text/xml">
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Everywoman, Eve. SSN:
444222222</div>
</text>
<identifier>
<label value="SSN"/>
<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-ssn"/>
<value value="444222222"/>
</identifier>
<name>
<use value="official"/>
<family value="Everywoman"/>
<given value="Susan"/>
</name>
<telecom>
<system value="phone"/>
<value value="555-555-2003"/>
<use value="work"/>
</telecom>
<gender>
<coding>
<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/AdministrativeGender"/>
<code value="M"/>
</coding>
</gender>
<birthDate value="2002-09-09"/>
<address>
<use value="home"/>
<line value="2222 Home Street"/>
</address>
<managingOrganization>
<reference value="Organization/hl7"/>
</managingOrganization>
<active value="true"/>
</Patient>
</content>
<summary type="xhtml">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Everywoman, Eve. SSN:
444222222</div>
</summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Patient "2" Version "2"</title>
<id>http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/2</id>
<link href="http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/2/_history/2" rel="self" />
<updated>2014-11-07T06:17:07Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Anonymous (72.130.166.78)</name>
</author>
<published>2015-01-08T20:27:45Z</published>
<content type="text/xml">
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Everyman, Adam. SSN:
444333333</div>
</text>
<identifier>
<label value="SSN"/>
<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-ssn"/>
<value value="444333333"/>
</identifier>
<name>
<use value="official"/>
<family value="Everyman"/>
<given value="Adam"/>
</name>
<telecom>
<system value="phone"/>
<value value="555-555-2014"/>
<use value="work"/>
</telecom>
<gender>
<coding>
<system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/AdministrativeGender"/>
<code value="M"/>
</coding>
</gender>
<address>
<use value="home"/>
<line value="2222 Home Street"/>
</address>
<managingOrganization>
<reference value="Organization/hl7"/>
</managingOrganization>
<active value="true"/>
</Patient>
</content>
<summary type="xhtml">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Everyman, Adam. SSN:
444333333</div>
</summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Patient "example" Version "25"</title>
<id>http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/example</id>
<link href="http://fhir.healthintersections.com.au/open/Patient/example/_history/25" rel="self" />
<updated>2014-12-02T06:23:30Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Anonymous (1.22.102.13)</name>
</author>
<published>2015-01-08T20:27:45Z</published>
<content type="text/xml">
<Patient xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>
<b>Generated Narrative</b>
</p><p>
<b>name</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>Peter Chalmers </li>
<li>Peter Chalmers </li>
</ul><p>
<b>telecom</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>ph: [phone]</li>
<li>ph: -unknown-</li>
<li>peter.chalmers#healthintersections.com</li>
<li>ph: [phone]</li>
<li>ph: -unknown-</li>
<li>peter.chalmers#healthintersections.com</li>
</ul><p>
<b>gender</b>: Male <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details : { code "M" := "", given as "Male"})</span>
</p><p>
<b>birthDate</b>: 1974-11-25T00:11:00+05:30</p><p>
<b>deceased</b>: -1</p><p>
<b>address</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>534 Erewhon St PleasantVille Alabama 3999 </li>
<li>534 Erewhon St PleasantVille Alabama 3999 </li>
</ul><p>
<b>maritalStatus</b>: Single <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</p><p>
<b>multipleBirth</b>: 0</p><p>
<b>communication</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>Spanish <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
<li>English <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
<li>Spanish <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
<li>English <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
</ul><p>
<b>careProvider</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>
Practitioner/131
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/132
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/133
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/134
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/143
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</text>
<name>
<family value="Chalmers"/>
<given value="Peter"/>
</name>
<name>
<family value="Chalmers"/>
<given value="Peter"/>
</name>
<telecom>
<system value="phone"/>
<value value="[phone]"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="phone"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="peter.chalmers#healthintersections.com"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="phone"/>
<value value="[phone]"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="phone"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="peter.chalmers#healthintersections.com"/>
</telecom>
<gender>
<coding>
<code value="M"/>
<display value="Male"/>
</coding>
<text value="Male"/>
</gender>
<birthDate value="1974-11-25T00:11:00+05:30"/>
<deceasedBoolean value="true"/>
<address>
<line value="534 Erewhon St "/>
<city value="PleasantVille"/>
<state value="Alabama"/>
<zip value="3999"/>
</address>
<address>
<line value="534 Erewhon St "/>
<city value="PleasantVille"/>
<state value="Alabama"/>
<zip value="3999"/>
</address>
<maritalStatus>
<text value="Single"/>
</maritalStatus>
<multipleBirthBoolean value="false"/>
<communication>
<text value="Spanish"/>
</communication>
<communication>
<text value="English"/>
</communication>
<communication>
<text value="Spanish"/>
</communication>
<communication>
<text value="English"/>
</communication>
<careProvider>
<reference value="Practitioner/131"/>
</careProvider>
<careProvider>
<reference value="Practitioner/132"/>
</careProvider>
<careProvider>
<reference value="Practitioner/133"/>
</careProvider>
<careProvider>
<reference value="Practitioner/134"/>
</careProvider>
<careProvider>
<reference value="Practitioner/143"/>
</careProvider>
</Patient>
</content>
<summary type="xhtml">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>
<b>Generated Narrative</b>
</p><p>
<b>name</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>Peter Chalmers </li>
<li>Peter Chalmers </li>
</ul><p>
<b>telecom</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>ph: [phone]</li>
<li>ph: -unknown-</li>
<li>peter.chalmers#healthintersections.com</li>
<li>ph: [phone]</li>
<li>ph: -unknown-</li>
<li>peter.chalmers#healthintersections.com</li>
</ul><p>
<b>gender</b>: Male <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details : { code "M" := "", given as "Male"})</span>
</p><p>
<b>birthDate</b>: 1974-11-25T00:11:00+05:30</p><p>
<b>deceased</b>: -1</p><p>
<b>address</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>534 Erewhon St PleasantVille Alabama 3999 </li>
<li>534 Erewhon St PleasantVille Alabama 3999 </li>
</ul><p>
<b>maritalStatus</b>: Single <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</p><p>
<b>multipleBirth</b>: 0</p><p>
<b>communication</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>Spanish <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
<li>English <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
<li>Spanish <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
<li>English <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow ">(Details )</span>
</li>
</ul><p>
<b>careProvider</b>: </p>
<ul>
<li>
Practitioner/131
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/132
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/133
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/134
</li>
<li>
Practitioner/143
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</summary>
</entry>
</feed>