Switching Context

A key component of the eHealth Infrastructure security model is to switch context. Switching context means that the user asks the 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

In order to set a context, the requester needs to obtain what is available to be set in context. The available contexts for any given user can be obtained by querying (HTTP GET with the current Access token) the AS at the path /auth/realms/{realm name}/resource/ehealth-connect/contexts. The result is an expanded tree that lists available careteams and organizations, e.g.:

contexts

{
  "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"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/CareTeam/6",
      "name": "Careteam Syd"
      "affiliation": {
        "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/1",
        "name": "Aarhus Kommune, Center Syd"
      }
    } 
  ],
  "organizations": [
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/1",
      "name": "Aarhus Kommune, Center Syd",
    },
    {
      "id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/2",
      "name": "Æbeltoft Kommune, Afdeling Vest",
    }
  ]
}

Setting the context

In order 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.

Pararmeter name	Description
client_id	Required. The OAuth2 client id
grant_type	Required. Fixed to the value of the of ‘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

{
    "jti": "2ef5b6b1-a667-40f5-b468-f475cdcef5ec",
    "exp": 1556110351,
    "nbf": 0,
    "iat": 1556110051,
    "iss": "https://inttest.ehealth.sundhed.dk/auth/realms/inttest",
    "aud": "EHealth",
    "sub": "88c4feb3-f87a-43c6-9141-fc03a3944ad6",
    "typ": "Bearer",
    "name": "Lasse Læge-Dam",
    "azp": "EmployeeClient",
    "auth_time": 0,
    "session_state": "e03ccef7-b0b1-4f68-8e16-6fc2f865a967",
    "acr": "1",
    "user_id": "e03ccef7-b0b1-4f68-8e16-6fc2f865a922",
    "user_type": "SYSTEM",
    "realm_access": {
        "roles": [
            "offline_access",
            "uma_authorization",
            "Patient.read",
            "Patient.write"
        ]
    },
    "context": {
        "organization_id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Organization/38",
        "care_team_id": "https://fut.com/fhir/CareTeam/4",
        "episode_of_care_id": "https://fut.com/fhir/EpisodeOfCare/10",
        "patient_id": "https://fut.com/fhir/Patient/8"
    },
    "scope": "profile openid ehealth",
    "preferred_username": "C=DK,O=TRIFORK A/S // CVR:20921897,CN=Lasse Læge-Dam,Serial=CVR:20921897-RID:93134986"
}

Sequence flow

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