Summary |
This feature allows vendors to retrieve attachments of letters. |
Products |
athenaClinicals, athenaClinicals for Hospitals & Health Systems |
Roles |
Management/Technical |
Available |
August 11, 2022 |
Highlights |
We are making enhancements to GET/patients/{patientid}/documents/letter/{letterid} which will allow a vendor to retrieve the attachments of a specific clinical letter document. |
Setup |
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Is this a breaking change |
No, this is not a breaking change |
Endpoints affected |
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New Endpoints |
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Resources |
Refer to the following resources for more information: |
What is changing
Vendors are now allowed to gather a clinical letter, including the letter attachments, to ensure the vendor has access to the letter in its entirety.
Why we’re making the change
We’re making this change to allow vendors to gather a clinical letter including the letter attachments to ensure the vendor has access to the letter in its entirety.
What will current users of the endpoint need to update in their code
If current users would like to gather the attachments to a clinical letter document, they will need to make an additional API call using the link surfaced in the attachmentslink attribute.
What will happen if users of the endpoint do not update their code
This is not a breaking change, so nothing will happen if changes are not made.