Each resource may belong to one or more compartments. A compartment is a logical grouping of resources which share a common property. Compartments have two principal roles:
- Function as an access mechanism for finding a set of related resources quickly (described here)
- Provide a definitional basis for applying access control to resources quickly
Read more about compartments in the FHIR documentation. All examples in this tutorial are executable in Aidbox REST console.
Aidbox supports 5 default FHIR compartments in FHIR versions 1.4.0, 1.8.0, 3.0.1, 3.2.0, 3.3.0, 4.0.0, 4.0.1
In order to use compartments, you will need to create CompartmentDefinition resources on your server. Visit FHIR documentation for official CompartmentDefinition examples or use the following REST console snippets to create the resources.
{% hint style="info" %}
Which CompartmentDefinition
is used is determined by its code or id:
- The compartment with
id
=target resourceType
is used - Else if not found compartment with
code
=target resourceType
is used
If multiple compartments with the code = traget resourceType
are found then it is not determined which one will be used since FHIR spec doesn't specify this case
{% endhint %}
{% tabs %} {% tab title="General Structure" %}
PUT /fhir/CompartmentDefinition/Patient
resourceType: CompartmentDefinition
id: Patient
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/CompartmentDefinition/patient
experimental: true
name: Base FHIR compartment definition for Patient
status: draft
publisher: FHIR Project Team
version: 4.0.1
date: '2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00'
search: true
code: Patient
contact:
- telecom:
- {system: url, value: 'http://hl7.org/fhir'}
description: ...
# array that enumerates resources included in the compartment
resource: ...
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Patient" %}
PUT /fhir/CompartmentDefinition/Patient
resourceType: CompartmentDefinition
id: Patient
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/CompartmentDefinition/patient
experimental: true
name: Base FHIR compartment definition for Patient
status: draft
publisher: FHIR Project Team
version: 4.0.1
date: '2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00'
search: true
code: Patient
contact:
- telecom:
- {system: url, value: 'http://hl7.org/fhir'}
description: There is an instance of the patient compartment for each patient resource, and the identity of the compartment is the same as the patient. When a patient is linked to another patient, all the records associated with the linked patient are in the compartment associated with the target of the link.. The set of resources associated with a particular patient
resource:
- code: Account
param: [subject]
- {code: ActivityDefinition}
- code: AdverseEvent
param: [subject]
- code: AllergyIntolerance
param: [patient, recorder, asserter]
- code: Appointment
param: [actor]
- code: AppointmentResponse
param: [actor]
- code: AuditEvent
param: [patient]
- code: Basic
param: [patient, author]
- {code: Binary}
- {code: BiologicallyDerivedProduct}
- code: BodyStructure
param: [patient]
- {code: Bundle}
- {code: CapabilityStatement}
- code: CarePlan
param: [patient, performer]
- code: CareTeam
param: [patient, participant]
- {code: CatalogEntry}
- code: ChargeItem
param: [subject]
- {code: ChargeItemDefinition}
- code: Claim
param: [patient, payee]
- code: ClaimResponse
param: [patient]
- code: ClinicalImpression
param: [subject]
- {code: CodeSystem}
- code: Communication
param: [subject, sender, recipient]
- code: CommunicationRequest
param: [subject, sender, recipient, requester]
- {code: CompartmentDefinition}
- code: Composition
param: [subject, author, attester]
- {code: ConceptMap}
- code: Condition
param: [patient, asserter]
- code: Consent
param: [patient]
- {code: Contract}
- code: Coverage
param: [policy-holder, subscriber, beneficiary, payor]
- code: CoverageEligibilityRequest
param: [patient]
- code: CoverageEligibilityResponse
param: [patient]
- code: DetectedIssue
param: [patient]
- {code: Device}
- {code: DeviceDefinition}
- {code: DeviceMetric}
- code: DeviceRequest
param: [subject, performer]
- code: DeviceUseStatement
param: [subject]
- code: DiagnosticReport
param: [subject]
- code: DocumentManifest
param: [subject, author, recipient]
- code: DocumentReference
param: [subject, author]
- {code: EffectEvidenceSynthesis}
- code: Encounter
param: [patient]
- {code: Endpoint}
- code: EnrollmentRequest
param: [subject]
- {code: EnrollmentResponse}
- code: EpisodeOfCare
param: [patient]
- {code: EventDefinition}
- {code: Evidence}
- {code: EvidenceVariable}
- {code: ExampleScenario}
- code: ExplanationOfBenefit
param: [patient, payee]
- code: FamilyMemberHistory
param: [patient]
- code: Flag
param: [patient]
- code: Goal
param: [patient]
- {code: GraphDefinition}
- code: Group
param: [member]
- {code: GuidanceResponse}
- {code: HealthcareService}
- code: ImagingStudy
param: [patient]
- code: Immunization
param: [patient]
- code: ImmunizationEvaluation
param: [patient]
- code: ImmunizationRecommendation
param: [patient]
- {code: ImplementationGuide}
- {code: InsurancePlan}
- code: Invoice
param: [subject, patient, recipient]
- {code: Library}
- {code: Linkage}
- code: List
param: [subject, source]
- {code: Location}
- {code: Measure}
- code: MeasureReport
param: [patient]
- code: Media
param: [subject]
- {code: Medication}
- code: MedicationAdministration
param: [patient, performer, subject]
- code: MedicationDispense
param: [subject, patient, receiver]
- {code: MedicationKnowledge}
- code: MedicationRequest
param: [subject]
- code: MedicationStatement
param: [subject]
- {code: MedicinalProduct}
- {code: MedicinalProductAuthorization}
- {code: MedicinalProductContraindication}
- {code: MedicinalProductIndication}
- {code: MedicinalProductIngredient}
- {code: MedicinalProductInteraction}
- {code: MedicinalProductManufactured}
- {code: MedicinalProductPackaged}
- {code: MedicinalProductPharmaceutical}
- {code: MedicinalProductUndesirableEffect}
- {code: MessageDefinition}
- {code: MessageHeader}
- code: MolecularSequence
param: [patient]
- {code: NamingSystem}
- code: NutritionOrder
param: [patient]
- code: Observation
param: [subject, performer]
- {code: ObservationDefinition}
- {code: OperationDefinition}
- {code: OperationOutcome}
- {code: Organization}
- {code: OrganizationAffiliation}
- code: Patient
param: [link]
- {code: PaymentNotice}
- {code: PaymentReconciliation}
- code: Person
param: [patient]
- {code: PlanDefinition}
- {code: Practitioner}
- {code: PractitionerRole}
- code: Procedure
param: [patient, performer]
- code: Provenance
param: [patient]
- {code: Questionnaire}
- code: QuestionnaireResponse
param: [subject, author]
- code: RelatedPerson
param: [patient]
- code: RequestGroup
param: [subject, participant]
- {code: ResearchDefinition}
- {code: ResearchElementDefinition}
- {code: ResearchStudy}
- code: ResearchSubject
param: [individual]
- code: RiskAssessment
param: [subject]
- {code: RiskEvidenceSynthesis}
- code: Schedule
param: [actor]
- {code: SearchParameter}
- code: ServiceRequest
param: [subject, performer]
- {code: Slot}
- code: Specimen
param: [subject]
- {code: SpecimenDefinition}
- {code: StructureDefinition}
- {code: StructureMap}
- {code: Subscription}
- {code: Substance}
- {code: SubstanceNucleicAcid}
- {code: SubstancePolymer}
- {code: SubstanceProtein}
- {code: SubstanceReferenceInformation}
- {code: SubstanceSourceMaterial}
- {code: SubstanceSpecification}
- code: SupplyDelivery
param: [patient]
- code: SupplyRequest
param: [subject]
- {code: Task}
- {code: TerminologyCapabilities}
- {code: TestReport}
- {code: TestScript}
- {code: ValueSet}
- {code: VerificationResult}
- code: VisionPrescription
param: [patient]
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Encounter" %}
PUT /fhir/CompartmentDefinition/Encounter
resourceType: CompartmentDefinition
id: Encounter
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/CompartmentDefinition/encounter
experimental: true
name: Base FHIR compartment definition for Encounter
status: draft
publisher: FHIR Project Team
version: 4.0.1
date: '2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00'
search: true
code: Encounter
contact:
- telecom:
- {system: url, value: 'http://hl7.org/fhir'}
description: There is an instance of the encounter compartment for each encounter resource, and the identity of the compartment is the same as the encounter. The set of resources associated with a particular encounter
resource:
- {code: Account}
- {code: ActivityDefinition}
- {code: AdverseEvent}
- {code: AllergyIntolerance}
- {code: Appointment}
- {code: AppointmentResponse}
- {code: AuditEvent}
- {code: Basic}
- {code: Binary}
- {code: BiologicallyDerivedProduct}
- {code: BodyStructure}
- {code: Bundle}
- {code: CapabilityStatement}
- code: CarePlan
param: [encounter]
- code: CareTeam
param: [encounter]
- {code: CatalogEntry}
- code: ChargeItem
param: [context]
- {code: ChargeItemDefinition}
- code: Claim
param: [encounter]
- {code: ClaimResponse}
- code: ClinicalImpression
param: [encounter]
- {code: CodeSystem}
- code: Communication
param: [encounter]
- code: CommunicationRequest
param: [encounter]
- {code: CompartmentDefinition}
- code: Composition
param: [encounter]
- {code: ConceptMap}
- code: Condition
param: [encounter]
- {code: Consent}
- {code: Contract}
- {code: Coverage}
- {code: CoverageEligibilityRequest}
- {code: CoverageEligibilityResponse}
- {code: DetectedIssue}
- {code: Device}
- {code: DeviceDefinition}
- {code: DeviceMetric}
- code: DeviceRequest
param: [encounter]
- {code: DeviceUseStatement}
- code: DiagnosticReport
param: [encounter]
- code: DocumentManifest
param: [related-ref]
- code: DocumentReference
param: [encounter]
- {code: EffectEvidenceSynthesis}
- code: Encounter
param: ['{def}']
- {code: Endpoint}
- {code: EnrollmentRequest}
- {code: EnrollmentResponse}
- {code: EpisodeOfCare}
- {code: EventDefinition}
- {code: Evidence}
- {code: EvidenceVariable}
- {code: ExampleScenario}
- code: ExplanationOfBenefit
param: [encounter]
- {code: FamilyMemberHistory}
- {code: Flag}
- {code: Goal}
- {code: GraphDefinition}
- {code: Group}
- {code: GuidanceResponse}
- {code: HealthcareService}
- {code: ImagingStudy}
- {code: Immunization}
- {code: ImmunizationEvaluation}
- {code: ImmunizationRecommendation}
- {code: ImplementationGuide}
- {code: InsurancePlan}
- {code: Invoice}
- {code: Library}
- {code: Linkage}
- {code: List}
- {code: Location}
- {code: Measure}
- {code: MeasureReport}
- code: Media
param: [encounter]
- {code: Medication}
- code: MedicationAdministration
param: [context]
- {code: MedicationDispense}
- {code: MedicationKnowledge}
- code: MedicationRequest
param: [encounter]
- {code: MedicationStatement}
- {code: MedicinalProduct}
- {code: MedicinalProductAuthorization}
- {code: MedicinalProductContraindication}
- {code: MedicinalProductIndication}
- {code: MedicinalProductIngredient}
- {code: MedicinalProductInteraction}
- {code: MedicinalProductManufactured}
- {code: MedicinalProductPackaged}
- {code: MedicinalProductPharmaceutical}
- {code: MedicinalProductUndesirableEffect}
- {code: MessageDefinition}
- {code: MessageHeader}
- {code: MolecularSequence}
- {code: NamingSystem}
- code: NutritionOrder
param: [encounter]
- code: Observation
param: [encounter]
- {code: ObservationDefinition}
- {code: OperationDefinition}
- {code: OperationOutcome}
- {code: Organization}
- {code: OrganizationAffiliation}
- {code: Patient}
- {code: PaymentNotice}
- {code: PaymentReconciliation}
- {code: Person}
- {code: PlanDefinition}
- {code: Practitioner}
- {code: PractitionerRole}
- code: Procedure
param: [encounter]
- {code: Provenance}
- {code: Questionnaire}
- code: QuestionnaireResponse
param: [encounter]
- {code: RelatedPerson}
- code: RequestGroup
param: [encounter]
- {code: ResearchDefinition}
- {code: ResearchElementDefinition}
- {code: ResearchStudy}
- {code: ResearchSubject}
- {code: RiskAssessment}
- {code: RiskEvidenceSynthesis}
- {code: Schedule}
- {code: SearchParameter}
- code: ServiceRequest
param: [encounter]
- {code: Slot}
- {code: Specimen}
- {code: SpecimenDefinition}
- {code: StructureDefinition}
- {code: StructureMap}
- {code: Subscription}
- {code: Substance}
- {code: SubstanceNucleicAcid}
- {code: SubstancePolymer}
- {code: SubstanceProtein}
- {code: SubstanceReferenceInformation}
- {code: SubstanceSourceMaterial}
- {code: SubstanceSpecification}
- {code: SupplyDelivery}
- {code: SupplyRequest}
- {code: Task}
- {code: TerminologyCapabilities}
- {code: TestReport}
- {code: TestScript}
- {code: ValueSet}
- {code: VerificationResult}
- code: VisionPrescription
param: [encounter]
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
Although FHIR specification states that compartment definitions can only be defined by HL7 International, this restriction does not apply to Aidbox. You can define any compartments in your box so long as they are valid.
To search a compartment for either all possible resources or for a particular resource, type respectively:
GET [base]/[Compartment]/[id]/{*?[parameters]{&_format=[mime-type]}}
GET [base]/[Compartment]/[id]/[type]{?[parameters]{&_format=[mime-type]}}
For example, to retrieve all the observation resources for a particular LOINC code associated with a specific encounter:
GET [base]/Encounter/23423445/Observation?code=2951-2 {&_format=[mime-type]}
As an example of compartment usage, to retrieve a list of a patient's conditions, use the URL:
GET [base]/Patient/[id]/Condition
Additional search parameters can be defined, such as this hypothetical search for acute conditions:
GET [base]/Patient/[id]/Condition?code:in=http://hspc.org/ValueSet/acute-concerns
Our example compartment search is basically equivalent to these standard FHIR search requests:
GET [base]/Condition?patient=[id]
GET [base]/Condition?patient=[id]&code:in=http://hspc.org/ValueSet/acute-concerns
The outcome of a compartment search is the same as the equivalent FHIR search. For example, both these searches return the same outcome if there is no patient 333:
GET [base]/Patient/333/Condition
GET [base]/Condition?patient=333
If the patient doesn't exist or the user has no access to the patient, both these searches return an empty bundle with no matches.
However, there is a key difference in functionality between compartment-based searches and direct searches with parameters. Consider this search:
GET [base]/Patient/[id]/Communication
Because the definition of the patient compartment for Communication says that a Communication resource is in the patient compartment if the subject, sender, or recipient is the patient, the compartment search is actually the same as the union of these 3 searches:
GET [base]/Communication?subject=[id]
GET [base]/Communication?sender=[id]
GET [base]/Communication?recipient=[id]