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FHIR search specification support

This document tracks the support for the FHIR search specification supported by the SDK (fhirEngine library) and common example use cases. It will be updated over time.

Search parameter types

The following table summarizes the support (released and planned) for search parameter types within the SDK:

Support Notes
String Yes
Number Yes
Date Yes
DateTime Yes
Token Partial URI, code, boolean
Reference Yes See examples
Quantity No Planned
Special In-progress TBC
Composite Yes AND and OR are supported

Search prefixes

https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#prefix

Support Notes
eq Partial Numerical and date values
ne Partial Numerical and date values
gt Partial Numerical and date values
lt Partial Numerical and date values
ge Partial Numerical and date values
le Partial Numerical and date values
sa No
eb No
ap No

Modifiers

https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#modifiers

Support Notes
:contains Partial String
:exact Partial String
:missing, :text, :in, :below, :above, :not-in No

Other: