> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.parchmenthealth.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Welcome to Parchment Health API documentation

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    <p className="pm-sub">Secure electronic prescription APIs for Australia — your path from sandbox credentials to a live production integration.</p>
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      <div className="pm-stop pm-s1"><span className="pm-chip"><i className="pm-ico pm-ico-envelope" /></span><span className="pm-cap">Request</span></div>
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## Welcome to Parchment Health

Parchment Health provides secure electronic prescription services through our partner integration APIs. Our platform enables healthcare providers to streamline prescription workflows while maintaining the highest levels of security and compliance.

## Integration Journey

Follow these steps to go from first contact to a live production integration with Parchment.

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    <Step title="Request developer credentials" icon="envelope">
      Fill out our [developer credentials request form](https://forms.fillout.com/t/u4j6F7mhi3us) to request access to the Parchment sandbox environment.
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    <Step title="Receive credentials from Parchment" icon="key">
      Parchment will send your partner credentials for the sandbox environment.
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    <Step title="Implement the relevant APIs" icon="laptop-code">
      Implement the Parchment APIs that are relevant to your business workflows (patients, users, prescriptions, SSO, iFrame etc.).
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    <Step title="Fill in the conformance details" icon="pen-to-square">
      Once ready, request conformance review form and fill out with the details of your implementation and submit it back to Parchment.
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    <Step title="Parchment review" icon="clipboard-check">
      Parchment reviews your conformance submission and integration.
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    <Step title="Production access granted" icon="unlock">
      Once approved, Parchment grants you access to the production environment and issues production credentials.
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      Prepare for go live and start onboarding users.
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## Explore Our documentation

Discover how Parchment's APIs can enhance your healthcare solutions:

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    Generate access tokens to authenticate your API requests
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    Use SSO to authenticate your users without having to create new credentials
    in the Parchment Health portal
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## Core Features

Parchment's e-prescription platform offers:

* **Secure API Access**: Multi-level authentication with partner and organization credentials
* **Patient Management**: Create and maintain patient records with comprehensive profiles
* **User Management**: Create and manage users
* **Web Portal Integration**: Direct links to access patient data through the Parchment web portal
* **Single Sign On (SSO)**: Allow users to log in directly into Parchment from your software
* **iFrame Embedding**: Embed Parchment directly within your application for a seamless user experience
* **Webhooks**: Receive real-time event notifications from Parchment to keep your system in sync with prescription and patient updates
* **MCP Server & AI-Friendly Docs**: Query our documentation directly from AI tools like Claude and Cursor via our Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for faster integration

## Support

Need help integrating with Parchment? Contact our support team at [hello@parchment.health](mailto:hello@parchment.health).