Switching Context

Describes how client applications can switch context and request new tokens with updated context information from the Authentication Server (AS).

A key component of the eHealth Infrastructure security model is to switch context. Switching context means that the user asks the Authentication/Authorization Server (AS) to issue a new set of tokens where the content of the Access token contains a new context. The parameters for requesting a new context are any of the following:

Careteam
Patient
Episode of Care
Organization

To set a context, the requester needs to obtain what is available to be set in context.

Available Contexts

The available contexts for a given user can be obtained by querying the AS using an HTTP GET with the current Access token at the path /auth/realms/{realm name}/resource/ehealth-connect/contexts on the AS.

The result is an expanded tree that lists available careteams and organizations, e.g. for a clinical user:

Contexts

GET https://saml.exttest.ehealth.sundhed.dk/auth/realms/ehealth/resource/ehealth-connect/contexts
Response:
{
  "care_teams": [ 
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/CareTeam/4",
      "name": "Careteam Nord"
      "affiliation": {
        "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/38",
        "name": "Region Midtjylland, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Lungesygdomme"
      },
      "roles": [
        "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:clinical_viewer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/CareTeam/6",
      "name": "Careteam Syd"
      "affiliation": {
        "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/1",
        "name": "Aarhus Kommune, Center Syd"
      },
      "roles": [
        "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:clinical_viewer",
        "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:citizen_enroller"
      ]
    } 
  ],
  "organizations": [
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/1",
      "name": "Aarhus Kommune, Center Syd",
      "roles": [
        "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:questionnaire_editor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/2",
      "name": "Æbeltoft Kommune, Afdeling Vest",
      "roles": [
        "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:terminology_administrator",
        "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:questionnaire_editor"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Mapping from Role to Privileges

As of Keycloak version 1.8.40, a list of the top-level roles for each available context is given in the “roles element“. Each top-level role is expanded to a set of privileges. This mapping can be obtained by querying (HTTP GET with the current Access token) the AS at the path /auth/realms/{realm name}/resource/ehealth-connect/groups. The result is a map of top-level roles to privileges. The example request and response shown below illustrate the concept and are not intended to be normative, complete or kept up-to-date.

Groups

GET https://saml.exttest.ehealth.sundhed.dk/auth/realms/ehealth/resource/ehealth-connect/groups
{
    "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:questionnaire_editor": [
        "Questionnaire.update",
        "DocumentReference.write",
        "DocumentReference.*",
        "Questionnaire.patch",
        "DocumentReference.read",
        "DocumentReference.update",
        "DocumentReference.search",
        "Organization.read",
        ...
    ],
    "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:clinical_viewer": [
        "DeviceUseStatement.search",
        "Condition.search",
        "DeviceMetric.read",
        "DocumentReference.read",
        "DocumentReference.search",
        "RestrictionCategory$none",
        "$search-measurements",
        ...
    ],
    "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:terminology_administrator": [
        "CodeSystem.write",
        "Terminology Administrator",
        "ConceptMap.write",
        "ValueSet.write",
        "NamingSystem.write"
    ],
    "urn:dk:sundhed:ehealth:role:citizen_enroller": [
        "Condition.search",
        "CarePlan$update-care-teams",
        "DocumentReference.read",
        "Consent.create",
        "DocumentReference.search",
        "CareTeam.read",
        "Consent.update",
        "ServiceRequest.delete",
        "Consent.patch",
        "EpisodeOfCare.write",
        "Questionnaire.search",
        ...
    ],
    ...
}

Setting the Context

To set the context, the AS can be requested with a valid refresh token using an HTTP POST (x-www-form-urlencoded) against auth/realms/{realm name}/protocol/openid-connect/token with the required and optional parameters listed below. The result is a valid Access Token Response[1] where the access token in the response will have the requested context set.

[1] https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/access-tokens/access-token-response/

Example request:

Example context

POST /auth/realms/ehealth/protocol/openid-connect/token
Accept-Encoding: text
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: */*
Cache-Control: no-cache
Host: login.fut.trifork.com
Content-Length: 941
Connection: keep-alive 

grant_type=refresh_token&
client_id=keyservice_client&
refresh_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCIgOiAiSldUIiwia2lkIiA6ICIyNWIwYzE0ZS05ZTRhLTQ2NTAtODAzMS0xMjM4YjBhNGRjMjMifQ.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.Yv22YYcyQYYnj_OJMJ3kwsgq9gpAnHhtTFUfcbXLRcs&
organization_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffut.com%2Ffhir%2FOrganization%2F38&
care_team_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffut.com%2Ffhir%2FCareTeam%2F4&
episode_of_care_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffut.com%2Ffhir%2FEpisodeOfCare%2F10&
patient_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffut.com%2Ffhir%2FPatient%2F8

Note: The original JWT used to obtain a new JWT with the context set is still valid for other operations.

Parameter name	Description

Parameter name	Description
client_id	Required. The OAuth2 client id
grant_type	Required. Fixed to the value of the ‘refresh_token’
refresh_token	Required. The refresh token of the current session
care_team_id (context)	Optional. A valid absolute FHIR URI pointing to a Careteam resource. This adds implicit organization context given the organization constraint in the OIO BPP structure
organization_id (context)	Optional. A valid absolute FHIR URI pointing to an Organization resource
episode_of_care_id (context)	Optional. This adds implicit patient context. A valid absolute FHIR URI pointing to an Episode of Care resource
patient_id (context)	Optional. A valid absolute FHIR URI pointing to a Patient resource

Example: Access token with context

Context example

Sequence Flow

The diagram below illustrates the interacting parts when logging in and requesting a context:

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