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Connecting to Dr Chrono

Dr Chrono provides a healthcare platform with EHR, practice management, and billing, featuring the OnPatient Portal for HIPAA-compliant messaging, online scheduling, digital onboarding and patient engagement.

You can seamlessly integrate DrChrono with SkyPoint AI Studio to automate secure data retrieval for patients, appointments, custom demographics, appointment profiles, and doctor entities. The built-in connector with SkyPoint AI Studio offers features like automatic token refresh, cursor-based pagination, and flexible synchronization with incremental updates and full data loads, ensuring data remains current and accessible.

This document will guide you through the process of connecting Dr Chrono to the Skypoint AI.

Prerequisite

You need the following details to configure and import data using the DrChrono connector:

  • Client ID
  • Client Secret
  • Refresh token
  • Default Activity start date

To import data using the Dr Chono connector

Follow the below steps to create and configure a new dataflow for the Dr Chrono import connector:

  1. Navigate to Dataflow > Imports.

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  1. Click New dataflow as indicated by an arrow.

The Set dataflow name page appears.

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  1. Enter the desired name for the dataflow in the Name text field.
  2. Click Next to proceed.

The Choose connector page appears.

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Add Dr Chrono connector

  1. On the Choose Connector page, use the Search feature to locate and select the Dr Chrono Connector.
  2. Enter the Display Name for your dataflow in the provided text field.
  3. Optionally, add a Description in the designated text area.

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  1. Click Next to proceed.

The Configuration page appears.

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Connect to the Dr Chrono account

  1. Fill in the required details on the Configuration page.
  2. Click Connect.

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Once the connection is established, the connector can be used to import data from the Dr Chrono tables.

  1. Scroll down to the Table Details section, select the checkboxes for the tables you wish to import, and use the dropdown menu to label them as either Data or Metadata.

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By default, all tables in the Table Details section are selected. You can choose to import only specific tables that are relevant to your data processing needs. For example, to import patient data, select tables containing details like name, email, address, patient check-in, appointments and more.

ItemDescription
PurposeOption to assign a purpose (Data or Metadata) for each table.
DataLoads customer data
MetadataLoads Metadata
File nameDisplays the name of the file that you imported.
Entity nameDisplays the imported table name by default. You can rename it if required.
  1. Click Save to apply the changes.

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Congratulations ! for saving the Dr Chrono connector dataflow, which appears on the Dataflow > Imports page.

Run, Edit, and Delete the imported data

Once the table is imported, you can execute, modify, and remove the imported table from the Dataflow. Follow the below steps:

  1. Go to the Dataflow > Imports page.

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ItemDescription
NameDisplays the name of the imported Dataflow.
TypeDisplays connector type symbol.
Connector NameDisplays connector name.
StatusIndicates whether the data is imported successfully.
Tables CountDisplays the number of tables imported.
Created DateDisplays date of creation.
Last Refresh TypeDisplays the refresh value: Full or Incremental.
Updated DateDisplays last modified date.
Last RefreshDisplays the latest refresh date, which updates each time you refresh the data.
ActionsProvides multiple options for managing dataflows.
  1. Select the horizontal ellipsis under the Actions column and do the following:
If you want toThen
Modify the DataflowSelect Edit and modify the Dataflow. Click Save to apply your changes.
Execute the DataflowSelect Run.
Bring the data to its previous stateSelect Rollback.
Delete the DataflowSelect Remove and then click the Delete button. All tables in the data source get deleted.
See the run history of the dataflowSelect Run history.
  1. Click Run to execute the dataflow. Once the execution is successful, the data pipeline status will update to Completed, as illustrated in the figure below.

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In the Dataflow's Run History Description, you can view error messages related to data import failures from a data source. Additionally, you can check the status, start time, and end time of the data pipeline execution.

Next step

After completing the data import, start the Master Data Management (MDM) - Resolve process to create a single, unified view of the data. With Skypoint MDM, you can ensure that your data is accurate, consistent, and reliable, making it easier to use for business processes, analytics, and reporting.