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e-Referral Service - FHIR API
Create paperless referrals from primary to secondary care using the e-Referral Service (e-RS) FHIR API.
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Overview
Use this API to create paperless referrals from primary to secondary care with the e-Referral Service (e-RS).
You can:
- receive e-referrals from e-RS including the "Referrals for Review" worklist, the Clinical Referral Information (CRI) and any referral attachments - sometimes known as the "referral letter"
- search for services relevant to the selected patient
- create an e-referral with a shortlist of directly or indirectly bookable services
- create an e-referral for a Referral Assessment Service (RAS)
- upload attachments - sometimes known as the "referral letter"
- generate a confirmation letter for the patient
The search limits its results to services which are appropriate for the patient and the referring organisation based on the commissioning rules that apply to the authenticated user and the patient.
API status and roadmap
This API is stable.
For details of planned new features, see the product roadmap.
Technology
This API is a FHIR API.
For more details, see FHIR.
Interactions
For a full list of interactions for this API, see the Endpoint Catalogue.
Last edited: 12 March 2021 11:03 am