binary

A resource that represents the data of a single raw artifact as digital content accessible in its native format. A Binary resource can contain any content, whether text, image, pdf, zip archive, etc. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details.

Previous version: binary

Tables in this resource: binary – Binary content (this page).

Primary Keys:

• binary_id

Foreign Keys:

• patient_id - links to the patient table

Column	Data Type	Description
binary_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the binary resource
patient_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the patient
contenttype	varchar	MIME type of the binary data (e.g., text/plain)
data	varchar	Base64-encoded binary data
meta_source	varchar	Data source (e.g., metriport:ai-generated-brief)
meta_lastupdated	datetime	Last update timestamp from FHIR meta

Related Tables:

Parent:

• patient

Version diff

Renamed

• content_type → contenttype
• meta_last_updated → meta_lastupdated