# How to play with the FHIR IPS Viewer

**URL:** <https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-play-with-the-fhir-ips-viewer/41886>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** fhir\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-play-with-the-fhir-ips-viewer/41886 "2024-02-28T23:29:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![grace](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/grace/32/16942_2.png) [@grace](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/grace)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/how-to-play-with-the-fhir-ips-viewer/41886/1 "2024-02-28T23:29:05Z")

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TIL there is a neat tool freely available online called the IPS Viewer. [https://www.ipsviewer.com/](https://www.ipsviewer.com/)

You can copy the sample patient IPS files from here (so many sample patients, I love it): [https://github.com/jddamore/IPSviewer/tree/main/samples/connectathon\_samples](https://github.com/jddamore/IPSviewer/tree/main/samples/connectathon_samples)

[Video example:](https://www.loom.com/share/6a5d96b656d5427dac77ea03199f8fbc)

This made reviewing IPS’s much more tangible for me - thought others may enjoy experimenting and seeing what kinds of info will be **imperative** for OpenMRS to be able to exchange in order to function well as part of an HIE especially in countries where there is a PCN (Primary Care Network) or SHR (Shared Health Record) model, where the government needs key elements of the patient’s record to be transportable across facilities and regions. (You can imagine now why the [Patient Consent](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/fhir-patient-consent/41592) element will become so important!)

(@samuel34 and @ibacher I originally found this while looking for examples of how Medication Statements look in the IPS)