Searching your HealthLake data store by using the FHIR REST API operations
HealthLake supports searching your data store by using the REST API operations provided as part of the FHIR standard. In this section, you will find examples of how to make GET
and POST
requests on multiple different resource types.
Note
For queries that involve Personally identifiable information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI) it's recommended to use POST
requests. In a POST
request, PII or PHI is added as part of the request body and is encrypted in transit.
The FHIR specification supports multiple search parameters types, but HealthLake supports only a subset. For more information, see Supported search parameter types and Advanced search parameters supported by HealthLake.