Machine2Machine record retrieval via Clinical Data Gateway FHIR API

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Hello,

I have a question about the Clinical Data Gateway FHIR API Get structured record endpoint.

The documentation https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/clinical-data-gateway#post-/FHIR/STU3/patient/$gpc.getstructuredrecord says that it needs an nhs-cis2-aal2 token.

Does it mean that the request must initiate a request? That would be a departure from IM1 when a medical record can be fetched on demand.

Intelligent data processing may require minutes to make sense of a patient’s medical record, and a clinician’s time is too precious to wait for that.

Kind regards,
Yevhenii

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Yes. Please go through the following https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/security-and-authorisation

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Sorry, I mistyped my message. I meant to write “Does it mean that a user must initiate a request?” and it seems that your answer is “yes”: this API is not intended for service-to-service integrations.