FHIRlink connector and Epic on FHIR for Power Platform development

Recently Medical and Life Sciences Blog PostsThe Health and Life Sciences Data Platform team has announced the first release to support EPIC® on FHIR® connectivity on the FHIRlink Power Platform connector. In this post, we covered the basics of the first release, and in this post, we look at an example created by our colleagues on the Business Applications team in Australia.

Jarrod Huang and Daniel Xu developed an example Canvas app that uses the FHIRlink connector to interact with EPIC® on FHIR® REST endpoints to directly access patient data in Power Platform.

Enterprise EHR systems offer a wide range of capabilities, but can be difficult to scale to meet your target experience. Power Platform offers a variety of low-code/no-code platform tools to build business applications. The FHIRlink connector helps bridge the gap by allowing customers to build business applications that connect directly to FHIR endpoints, reducing the need for data replication and other complex integration solutions.

Connecting Power Platform and EHR allows you to leverage EMR data and custom apps to solve unique operational challenges. For example, Power Platform business applications can be an extension of your EMR to provide streamlined, digitalized work management for your care team.

Sample Application

The example developed by Jarrod and Daniel includes a Canvas app that uses the FHIRlink connector and the Epic on FHIR sandbox.

With Power Apps, you have access to over 1,000 existing connectors and can develop custom connectors for proprietary systems. In our example scenario, the application connects a list of patients in Dataverse with their corresponding Epic on FHIR records.

Once you have the correct patient identifier, you can use the Epic on FHIR endpoint to retrieve relevant patient data. In our sample application, this means that selecting a patient from the list will cause a call to the Epic on FHIR rest endpoint, providing a near real-time view of the patient record in the EHR.

FHIR Data and AI

If you have a patient record, you can leverage Microsoft’s OpenAI capabilities using the Azure OpenAI connector. Patient records can contain a lot of complex data that is formatted for the end user, as shown in the sample application. This complex FHIR data can be summarized using OpenAI’s capabilities to highlight key elements for a streamlined view for clinicians.

Watch the video below to see Jarrod and Daniel’s example application in action.

As we continue to invest in FHIRlink, we will continue to provide ongoing learning opportunities for our customers and partners through the Health and Life Sciences blog. In the meantime, we welcome your feedback in the comments section.

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