Location Resource

Location is a FHIR resource that represents "details and position information for a physical place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated." In the current implementation, FHIR Locations are mapped to OpenMRS Location objects.

Supported Elements

The following properties are supported by the OpenMRS FHIR Module:

Location.id
Location.name
Location.description
Location.address
Location.position
Location.status
Location.telecom
Location.partOf
Location.meta.tag

OpenMRS ↔ FHIR Mapping

OpenMRS Data Model	FHIR Resource

OpenMRS Data Model	FHIR Resource
`Location.uuid`	`Location.id`
`Location.name`	`Location.name`
`Location.description`	`Location.description`
`Location.address`	`Location.address`
`Location.latitude / Location.longintude`	`Location.position`
`Location.retired`	`Location.status`
`Location.parentLocation`	`Location.partOf`
`Location.tags`	`Location.meta.tag`

Available RESTful Endpoints

GET

URL	Description

URL	Description
`/Location/{uuid}`	Get a specific location
`/Location?name={string}`	Get locations by name
`/Location?address-city={string}`	Get locations by city
`/Location?address-country={string}`	Get locations by country
`/Location?address-postalcode={string}`	Get locations by postal code
`/Location?address-state={string}`	Get locations by state