Ignixa.FhirFakes

Ignixa.FhirFakes

A comprehensive 4-layer FHIR test data generation library for modeling patient populations and medical histories.

Overview

Ignixa.FhirFakes provides a sophisticated framework for generating FHIR-compliant test data with clinical accuracy. Built on evidence-based risk models and real demographic data, it creates realistic patient populations for testing, development, and demonstration purposes.

Installation

dotnet add package Ignixa.FhirFakes

Dependencies:

• Ignixa.Specification (FHIR schema provider)
• Ignixa.Serialization (FHIR serialization)
• Bogus (name and data generation)

Quick Start

Generate a Single Patient with Full Lifecycle

using Ignixa.FhirFakes.Lifecycle;
using Ignixa.Specification.Generated;

// Create schema provider
var schemaProvider = new R4CoreSchemaProvider();

// Generate a 50-year-old with metabolic syndrome progression
var context = LifecycleExampleScenarios.GetMetabolicSyndromeLifecycle(schemaProvider);

// Access generated resources
Console.WriteLine($"Patient: {context.Patient.Id}");
Console.WriteLine($"Conditions: {context.Conditions.Count}"); // 2-4 chronic conditions
Console.WriteLine($"Medications: {context.Medications.Count}"); // 3-6 medications
Console.WriteLine($"Encounters: {context.Encounters.Count}"); // 40-45 visits over 50 years
Console.WriteLine($"Observations: {context.Observations.Count}"); // 150+ vitals and labs

Generate a Population from a State

using Ignixa.FhirFakes.Population;
using Ignixa.Specification.Generated;

var schemaProvider = new R4CoreSchemaProvider();
var generator = new PopulationGenerator(schemaProvider);

// Generate 100 patients with Massachusetts demographics
// Note: First parameter is state name, not city name
var patients = generator.Generate("Massachusetts", 100);

// Result: 100 patients with:
// - Names: Culturally appropriate (Bogus locales)
// - Ages: Sampled from Boston age distribution
// - Race: 53% White, 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian
// - Zip Codes: 02101-02199 (Boston area)
// - Phone Numbers: 617-xxx-xxxx or 857-xxx-xxxx
// - Full medical history: birth to current age with realistic disease onset

Discover Available Cities with KnownCities

using Ignixa.FhirFakes.Population;

// Strongly-typed access with IntelliSense
var boston = KnownCities.Boston;
var seattle = KnownCities.Seattle;
var allCities = KnownCities.All; // All 11 cities

// Inspect city demographics
Console.WriteLine($"City: {boston.Name}, {boston.State}");
Console.WriteLine($"Population: {boston.Population:N0}");
Console.WriteLine($"Race Distribution: {boston.RaceDistribution["White"]:P0} White");
Console.WriteLine($"Zip Codes: {boston.ZipCodePrefix}xx");
Console.WriteLine($"Area Codes: {string.Join(", ", boston.AreaCodes)}");

Create Custom Scenarios with Probabilistic Branching

using Ignixa.FhirFakes.Scenarios;
using Ignixa.FhirFakes.Scenarios.States;

var builder = new ScenarioBuilder(schemaProvider)
    .SetPatientAge(55)
    .SetPatientGender("male")
    .AddEncounter("Annual wellness visit")

    // Use reusable fragments
    .AddSubScenario(CommonScenarios.RecordVitalSigns(), "Vitals")
    .AddSubScenario(CommonScenarios.LipidPanel(), "Cholesterol Screening")

    // Probabilistic disease onset (15% chance of elevated cholesterol)
    .AddProbabilisticBranch(
        0.15,

        // TRUE PATH: Elevated cholesterol - prescribe statin
        new ConditionOnsetState
        {
            Code = FhirCode.Conditions.Hyperlipidemia,
            Severity = 2
        }
        .ThenAddMedicationOrder(MedicationOrderState.Atorvastatin20mg())
        .ThenDelay(TimeSpan.FromDays(90))
        .ThenAddEncounter("Lipid panel follow-up"),

        // FALSE PATH: Normal screening (85%)
        new DelayState { Exact = TimeSpan.Zero }
    );

var context = builder.Build();

Architecture

Layer 1: Random Resources

• BindingAwareGenerator: Core resource generation
• Respects FHIR profiles and terminology bindings
• Generates valid references and complex types

Layer 2: Clinical Scenarios

• ScenarioBuilder: Fluent composition API
• ProbabilisticBranchState: Evidence-based branching
• VitalSignCorrelationEngine: Physiological realism
• CommonScenarios: Reusable clinical fragments

Layer 3: Patient Lifecycles

• LifecycleSimulator: Age-based event scheduling
• DiseaseRiskCalculator: Evidence-based risk modeling
• LifecycleExampleScenarios: Pre-built patient archetypes:
  • Healthy child (0-18 years)
  • Typical adult (0-45 years)
  • Metabolic syndrome (0-50 years)
  • Pediatric asthma (0-10 years)
  • Elderly multi-morbidity (0-80 years)

Layer 4: Population Generation

• PopulationGenerator: Large-scale cohort creation
• CityDemographics: US Census-based distributions
• KnownCities: 11 major US cities with real demographics
• EthnicNameGenerator: Culturally appropriate names via Bogus locales

Inspiration and Complementary Tools

This library was inspired by Synthea, the well-established synthetic patient generator developed by The MITRE Corporation. Synthea is a mature, comprehensive tool that has been instrumental in advancing healthcare interoperability and providing high-quality synthetic data to the community.

License

See LICENSE file in repository root.