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The FHIR ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from FHIR, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access FHIR data like you would a database - read, write, and update FHIR 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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How to Query FHIR Data in MySQL Workbench


Execute MySQL queries against live FHIR data from MySQL Workbench.

You can use the SQL Gateway from the ODBC Driver for FHIR to query FHIR data through a MySQL interface. Follow the procedure below to start the MySQL remoting service of the SQL Gateway and work with live FHIR data in MySQL Workbench.

Connect to FHIR Data

If you have not already done so, provide values for the required connection properties in the data source name (DSN). You can use the built-in Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to configure the DSN. This is also the last step of the driver installation. See the "Getting Started" chapter in the help documentation for a guide to using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure a DSN.

Set URL to the Service Base URL of the FHIR server. This is the address where the resources are defined in the FHIR server you would like to connect to. Set ConnectionType to a supported connection type. Set ContentType to the format of your documents. Set AuthScheme based on the authentication requirements for your FHIR server.

Generic, Azure-based, AWS-based, and Google-based FHIR server implementations are supported.

Sample Service Base URLs

  • Generic: http://my_fhir_server/r4b/
  • Azure: https://MY_AZURE_FHIR.azurehealthcareapis.com/
  • AWS: https://healthlake.REGION.amazonaws.com/datastore/DATASTORE_ID/r4/
  • Google: https://healthcare.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/datasets/DATASET_ID/fhirStores/FHIR_STORE_ID/fhir/

Generic FHIR Instances

The product supports connections to custom instances of FHIR. Authentication to custom FHIR servers is handled via OAuth (read more about OAuth in the Help documentation. Before you can connect to custom FHIR instances, you must set ConnectionType to Generic.

Configure the SQL Gateway

See the SQL Gateway Overview to set up connectivity to FHIR data as a virtual MySQL database. You will configure a MySQL remoting service that listens for MySQL requests from clients. The service can be configured in the SQL Gateway UI.

Creating a MySQL Remoting Service in SQL Gateway (Salesforce is shown)

Query FHIR from MySQL Workbench

The steps below outline connecting to the virtual FHIR database created in the SQL Gateway from MySQL Workbench and issuing basic queries to work with live FHIR data.

Connect to FHIR through the SQL Gateway

  1. In MySQL Workbench, click to add a new MySQL connection.
  2. Name the connection (CData SQL Gateway for FHIR).
  3. Set the Hostname, Port, and Username parameters to connect to the SQL Gateway.
  4. Click Store in Vault to set and store the password.
  5. Click Test Connection to ensure the connection is configured properly and click OK.

Query FHIR Data

  1. Open the connection you just created (CData SQL Gateway for FHIR).
  2. Click File -> New Query Tab.
  3. Write a SQL query to retrieve FHIR data, like SELECT * FROM `CData FHIR Sys`.Patient;

With access to live FHIR data from MySQL Workbench, you can easily query and update FHIR, just like you would a MySQL database. Get started now with a free, 30-day trial of the CData ODBC Driver for FHIR and the CData SQL Gateway.