How to delete all resources for a given patient id?

Question

we want to delete all data for a given patientid in Azure Fhir Service. our current approach is getting all the data and issuing delete requests to fhir service for each resourceid received. is there any better approach for this?

Answer 1

@R, Bharathkumar ,

To delete all resources for a given patient ID in Azure FHIR Service, you can utilize the $bulk-delete operation, which allows you to delete multiple resources in a single request. This approach is more efficient than issuing individual delete requests for each resource ID.

Here's how you can do it:

1. Use the $bulk-delete operation at the system level or for individual resource types.
2. You can specify search criteria to filter the resources you want to delete, such as using the patient's identifier.

For example, you can execute a request like this to delete all resources associated with a specific patient ID:

DELETE /Patient/$bulk-delete?identifier=patient_id

Make sure to include the necessary headers and ensure that the user or application has the required roles to perform the bulk delete operation.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you have any further queries.

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References:

• Bulk delete operation details
• Bulk delete in Azure API for FHIR