Standard of care and the ezyVet API
Read about how to use the ezyVet API with the ezyVet standard-of-care-system.
The standard-of-care system helps clients know which vaccinations and treatments are necessary for a patient and the related due dates.
Examples of vaccinations that you can use the standard-of-care system for:
- FIV vaccination
- DHPP vaccination
- Leptospirosis vaccination
Examples of treatments that you can use the standard-of-care system for:
- Blood tests
- Prescription diets
- Treatment items for health conditions (for example, for arthritis or chemotherapy)
Before you use the ezyVet API for standard-of-care data, refer to this table to know basic information about the standard-of-care system:
| Task | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Read about how and where ezyVet shows standard-of-care information | How ezyVet shows standard-of-care information |
| Make sure that you know the function of a care service. Note: Screens in the ezyVet user interface can refer to care services as event groups. | Care service (glossary) |
| Read about how to make vaccination services and treatment services. | Condition settings of a care service |
Note: For all documentation about ezyVet standard of care, refer to:
ezyVet API endpoints for standard-of-care data
To use the ezyVet API to get standard-of-care information for a patient, refer to Get standard of care events . An example API response is as follows:
To get a list of configured vaccination services and treatment services, refer to Get event groups . An example API response is as follows:
Note: The ezyVet API gives you standard-of-care data that is almost real-time. IDEXX customer support recommends that the maximum number of times that you poll the
v2/standardofcare endpoint is one time each minute. IDEXX also recommends that your that your API queries include the modified_at query parameter. For the query parameter value, use the epoch time of the previous time that you made a query for the endpoint. As a result, the API response has only the data that changed since the previous poll.