This page is part of the EU Health Data API (v1.0.0-ballot: STU1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Medical Test Results (Laboratory)

This section defines the API requirements for EHR systems that provide laboratory reports conforming to the HL7 EU Laboratory Reports content profile.

Actors

Laboratory Reports can be accessed via document exchange.

Document Exchange

For document-based access, use the Document Exchange transactions.

The Laboratory Report is differentiated via the following DocumentReference fields:

• type: 11502-2 (Laboratory report)
• category: Laboratory-Reports (EHDS Priority Category)

Example Query

GET /DocumentReference?patient=123&type=http://loinc.org|11502-2&status=current

See Example: Retrieve A European Patient Summary for a complete workflow example (the pattern is identical).