Let's build! Search in FHIR
summary
Practical walkthrough that demos building FHIR searches with Postman walkthrough examples and an uploaded PDF quiz against the public Vonk test endpoint. Shows how to read supported parameters from the Vonk capabilityStatement, create custom SearchParameter resources (use Forge, then reindex), and use reverse chaining and include/revinclude to traverse relationships. Calls out hard limits: no aggregation, limited recursion, required client‑side filtering, date/quantity normalization, and using _search POST when GET is impractical.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to FHIR search
- 2:14Search philosophy and limits
- 5:24Understanding search parameters
- 11:39Resource-specific filtering
- 18:18Custom search definitions
- 22:37Global search parameters
- 26:50Modifiers and prefixes
- 35:38Advanced querying concepts
- 43:49Advanced POST searches and conclusion
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