How to connect Google Cloud Healthcare (patient records)

About 13 minutes · 5 steps · no technical knowledge needed

  1. This one is longer than the others, and it is the only one where the data stays in YOUR cloud account rather than ours. Set aside 15 minutes.
    about 10 seconds
  2. At console.cloud.google.com create a project, then enable the "Cloud Healthcare API" for it.
    about 4 min
  3. Under Healthcare, create a dataset, then a FHIR store (version R4) inside it. Note the location, dataset name and store name.
    about 4 min
  4. Under IAM, create a service account, give it the "Healthcare FHIR Resource Editor" role, and download a JSON key for it.
    about 4 min
  5. Upload the JSON file below with the project, location, dataset and store names, then press "Test connection".
    about 1 min

What Julia will ask you for

Project ID
Location e.g. europe-west4
Dataset ID
FHIR store ID
Service account key file

If something goes wrong

If the test says permission denied, the service account is missing the FHIR role. Add it under IAM and try again.

If it says the store does not exist, check the location matches exactly -- europe-west4 and europe-west1 are different places.

Your patient records live in your own Google Cloud account. Momentum cannot read them, and if you leave, they stay with you.

Open Google Cloud Healthcare (patient records)