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Clinical References

Create a clinical reference

auto_scribe.clinical_references.create(ClinicalReferenceCreateParams**kwargs) -> ClinicalReference
POST/v1/autoScribe/clinicalReferences

Creates a canonical clinical reference value for study workflow pickers and normalization.

ParametersExpand Collapse
name: str
minLength1
type: ClinicalReferenceType

Category of canonical clinical reference value used for study workflow pickers and normalization.

One of the following:
"facility"
"referring_provider"
"study_description"
"procedure"
express_customer_id: Optional[str]
external_reference_id: Optional[str]
minLength1
metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ClinicalReference: …

A canonical clinical reference value for study workflow pickers and normalization

clinical_reference_id: str

Unique clinical reference identifier. Format: ref_{32-hex-chars}

created_at: Optional[datetime]

Timestamp when the clinical reference was created

formatdate-time
is_active: bool

Whether this reference is active and available for pickers

name: str

Canonical display name for this reference value

minLength1
type: ClinicalReferenceType

Category of canonical clinical reference value used for study workflow pickers and normalization.

One of the following:
"facility"
"referring_provider"
"study_description"
"procedure"
updated_at: Optional[datetime]

Timestamp when the clinical reference was last updated

formatdate-time
express_customer: Optional[ExpressCustomerReference]

A reference to an Express customer with basic identifying information

express_customer_id: str

Unique Express customer identifier. Format: cus_{32-hex-chars}

express_customer_name: str

Name of the Express customer

minLength1
external_reference_id: Optional[str]

Integrator-provided stable identifier for mapping inbound data

metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]]

Optional key-value metadata. Maximum 50 pairs

Create a clinical reference

import os
from avara import Avara

client = Avara(
    api_key=os.environ.get("AVARA_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
clinical_reference = client.auto_scribe.clinical_references.create(
    name="City Medical Center",
    type="facility",
)
print(clinical_reference.clinical_reference_id)
{
  "clinicalReferenceId": "ref_1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:00:00Z",
  "isActive": true,
  "name": "City Medical Center",
  "type": "facility",
  "updatedAt": "2024-03-15T14:20:00Z",
  "expressCustomer": {
    "expressCustomerId": "cus_1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
    "expressCustomerName": "City Medical Center"
  },
  "externalReferenceId": "FAC-001",
  "metadata": {
    "region": "northeast"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "clinicalReferenceId": "ref_1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:00:00Z",
  "isActive": true,
  "name": "City Medical Center",
  "type": "facility",
  "updatedAt": "2024-03-15T14:20:00Z",
  "expressCustomer": {
    "expressCustomerId": "cus_1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
    "expressCustomerName": "City Medical Center"
  },
  "externalReferenceId": "FAC-001",
  "metadata": {
    "region": "northeast"
  }
}