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eClinicalWorks to Pinecone integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep eClinicalWorks and Pinecone in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect eClinicalWorks and Pinecone

Feed eClinicalWorks's records into Pinecone for indexing, classification, and generation, then land the model's output back on those same records, in real time and in both directions.

Pinecone works on data it does not own. The records, conversations, tickets, messages, and events it needs to embed, classify, summarize, or answer questions about actually live in eClinicalWorks, the tool the team uses every day. So the value of Pinecone depends on two flows that most teams stitch together with a custom script or a one-time export: getting eClinicalWorks's data in, and getting the model's results back out to where people can act on them. When either flow runs on a batch or a stale snapshot, the model reasons over yesterday's data and its output never reaches the record it belongs to.

Stacksync syncs Appointments, Encounters, Practitioners, Observations from eClinicalWorks into Pinecone continuously, so the model always works from current records instead of a snapshot, and writes Vectors (records), Namespaces, Collections, Backups, the scores, labels, summaries, drafts, and embedding metadata Pinecone produces, back onto the matching record in eClinicalWorks. The sync is field-level and keyed on a stable identifier, so every output attaches to the exact record it came from and each system keeps its own extra fields untouched.

You decide the direction and the trigger conditions per field: pull records one way to build and keep a retrieval corpus current, push results the other way onto the operational record, or both.

Common use cases

  • 01 Write embeddings and their metadata into a Pinecone index from a Postgres or warehouse table so a semantic-search or RAG feature always queries fresh vectors.
  • 02 Keep a Pinecone index aligned with a source of truth (a product catalog, knowledge base, or CRM) so new, changed, and deleted records upsert and delete the matching vectors.
  • 03 Keep provider directories consistent between eClinicalWorks and scheduling or marketing systems.
  • 04 Push referral or intake data captured in external forms into the EHR via HL7 interfaces.

Common sync patterns

Build a retrieval corpus from eClinicalWorks's records

Records, tickets, messages, or events from eClinicalWorks sync into Pinecone so they can be indexed, embedded, or retrieved as context, without a hand-built extraction job.

Keep the model's knowledge current

As records change in eClinicalWorks, the synced copy in Pinecone updates within seconds, so retrieval and generation reason over live data rather than a stale export.

Where Pinecone classifies or scores: results land on the record

Categories, sentiment, priority, or scores produced by Pinecone write back onto the matching record in eClinicalWorks, so the team acts on them in the tool they already use.

What you can sync between eClinicalWorks and Pinecone

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

eClinicalWorks objects Pinecone objects How this pairing syncs
Encounters Visit records tying diagnoses, providers, and billing context together. Index statistics Describe_index_stats returns total and per-namespace vector counts, the index dimension, and index fullness; read to size a sync and to detect drift between Pinecone and the source of truth. Encounters is specific to eClinicalWorks and Index statistics to Pinecone — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Practitioners Provider records used to keep directories and scheduling systems consistent. Indexes Serverless or pod-based containers holding vectors of a fixed dimension and distance metric (cosine, dotproduct, euclidean); managed on the control plane (api.pinecone.io) via create, list, describe, configure, and delete. describe_index returns the per-index data-plane host. Practitioners is specific to eClinicalWorks and Indexes to Pinecone — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Observations Labs and vitals, delivered via FHIR resources or HL7 ORU result messages. Vectors (records) The core data: an id (up to 512 chars), a dense values array, optional sparse_values, and JSON metadata (up to 40 KB filterable per record). Full CRUD on the data plane via upsert, update, fetch, query, and delete, so write is supported here. Observations is specific to eClinicalWorks and Vectors (records) to Pinecone — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Medications Prescription and medication-list data within the patient record. Namespaces Partitions inside an index; every read and write targets one namespace and vectors across namespaces are isolated. Enumerated with list_namespaces and sized per namespace via describe_index_stats. Medications is specific to eClinicalWorks and Namespaces to Pinecone — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Allergies Allergy and intolerance entries in the clinical record. Collections Immutable snapshots of a pod-based index that store its data but not its definition; created, listed, and deleted on the control plane and used to recreate a pod-based index. Serverless indexes use Backups instead. Allergies is specific to eClinicalWorks and Collections to Pinecone — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Immunizations Vaccination history exposed for registries and patient apps. Backups Point-in-time snapshots of a serverless index; created, listed, and restored into a new index on the control plane for recovery or cloning. Read as a recovery-asset inventory. Immunizations is specific to eClinicalWorks and Backups to Pinecone — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between eClinicalWorks and Pinecone

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

eClinicalWorks Pinecone Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls eClinicalWorks for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. HL7 interface feeds push event messages as they occur.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Pinecone through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Pinecone eClinicalWorks Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Pinecone for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. No webhooks and no native change-data-capture feed.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to eClinicalWorks through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • eClinicalWorks: Subject to the platform's API rate limits and interface throughput agreements.
  • Pinecone: Data-plane operations are capped per second: query, upsert, update, and delete at 100 req/s per namespace, fetch at 100 req/s per index, and list at 200 req/s per index; breaches return HTTP 429. Hard request limits also apply: an upsert is max 2 MB or 1000 records, metadata max 40 KB per record, and query top_k up to 10,000 with a 4 MB result cap.
What ships with eClinicalWorks ⇄ Pinecone

Connect eClinicalWorks and Pinecone for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every eClinicalWorks–Pinecone connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in eClinicalWorks or Pinecone instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever eClinicalWorks or Pinecone data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single eClinicalWorks or Pinecone record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your eClinicalWorks ⇄ Pinecone sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between eClinicalWorks and Pinecone.

How the eClinicalWorks and Pinecone connectors work

eClinicalWorks

Integration surface
FHIR R4 REST API plus HL7 v2 interfaces (ADT, SIU, ORU) through an interface engine
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 / SMART on FHIR for the FHIR API; site-configured credentials for HL7 interface connections
Change detection
HL7 interface feeds push event messages as they occur; the FHIR API is polled
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Subject to the platform's API rate limits and interface throughput agreements

Pinecone

Integration surface
Two HTTP APIs: a control plane at api.pinecone.io (manage indexes, collections, backups, and, via the Admin API, projects and API keys) and a per-index data plane at the host returned by describe_index (upsert, query, fetch, update, delete, list). A gRPC data-plane transport is available through the official SDKs.
Authentication
API key in the Api-Key request header, scoped to one project; every request also sends an X-Pinecone-Api-Version header (date-based, e.g. 2025-10). The organization Admin API instead uses OAuth2 client-credentials (service accounts) via login.pinecone.io/oauth/token, passing a Bearer token to api.pinecone.io/admin (Enterprise).
Change detection
No webhooks and no native change-data-capture feed. Vectors carry no server-side update timestamp, so Stacksync detects changes by re-reading - paginating vector ids with the list operation (serverless indexes) and fetching by id, or by re-upserting from the source of truth. describe_index_stats bounds a resync with per-namespace counts.
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Data-plane operations are capped per second: query, upsert, update, and delete at 100 req/s per namespace, fetch at 100 req/s per index, and list at 200 req/s per index; breaches return HTTP 429. Hard request limits also apply: an upsert is max 2 MB or 1000 records, metadata max 40 KB per record, and query top_k up to 10,000 with a 4 MB result cap.
How it works

How to connect eClinicalWorks to Pinecone — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate eClinicalWorks and Pinecone with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    eClinicalWorks connected
    Pinecone connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the eClinicalWorks and Pinecone objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · eClinicalWorks ⇄ Pinecone
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    eClinicalWorks Pinecone
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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