US Healthcare Provider & Drug Search

Search US healthcare databases for providers, drug recalls, device recalls, clinical trials, and research funding — all from a single Actor. This healthcare provider search tool queries 7 official government data sources in parallel, returning structured results in seconds.

Whether you need an NPI lookup for a specific provider, want to track FDA drug recall alerts, search ClinicalTrials.gov for active studies, or find NIH-funded research projects, this Actor provides a unified interface to the most important US healthcare data sources.

Features

• 7 healthcare databases — Query NPI registry, FDA recalls, CDC datasets, ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS ACO directory, and NIH projects with one keyword
• NPI provider lookup — Search the National Provider Identifier registry for doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers
• FDA drug recall search — Find drug enforcement actions, recalls, and safety alerts from OpenFDA
• FDA device recall search — Track medical device recalls and safety notifications
• Clinical trials search — Search ClinicalTrials.gov for active, recruiting, and completed studies
• Parallel execution — All sources queried simultaneously for fast results
• Structured output — Consistent metadata fields across all sources
• No browser needed — Pure HTTP API calls, minimal compute usage

Data Sources

This Actor queries 7 official US healthcare databases through the SIP Public Data Gateway:

Source	Database	Data Type
NPI Provider Registry	NPPES	Healthcare provider identifiers, specialties, addresses
FDA Drug Recalls	OpenFDA Drug Enforcement	Drug recall events, safety alerts, enforcement actions
FDA Device Recalls	OpenFDA Device Recall	Medical device recalls, classifications, product codes
CDC Health Datasets	CDC Open Data Catalog	Public health datasets, surveillance data, statistics
ClinicalTrials.gov	NIH Clinical Trials	Clinical study records, trial status, conditions, interventions
CMS ACO Directory	CMS Medicare	Accountable Care Organization participants and providers
NIH Funded Projects	NIH RePORTER	Research grants, project abstracts, funding details

Output Fields

Each record includes the original fields from its source database plus these metadata fields:

Field	Type	Description
_source	string	Human-readable source name (e.g. "NPI Provider Registry")
_product_id	string	SIP product identifier
_search_term	string	The keyword used for this search
_collected_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of collection

Source-specific fields vary by database. For example, NPI results include provider name, specialty, and address fields. FDA recall results include recall classification, product description, and reason for recall. ClinicalTrials.gov results include study title, status, conditions, and interventions.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keyword	string	required	Search term (e.g. "diabetes", "cardiology", "aspirin")
sources	array	all 7	Which healthcare databases to search
maxResults	integer	50	Max results per source (up to 200)

Examples

Example 1: Search all healthcare databases for diabetes

Search across all 7 sources for diabetes-related providers, recalls, trials, and research.

{
  "keyword": "diabetes",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example 2: NPI provider lookup for cardiologists

Search only the NPI registry to find cardiology providers.

{
  "keyword": "cardiology",
  "sources": ["npi"],
  "maxResults": 100
}

Example 3: FDA drug and device recalls for a specific product

Search FDA recall databases for safety alerts related to a specific drug or device.

{
  "keyword": "metformin",
  "sources": ["fda_drugs", "fda_devices"],
  "maxResults": 200
}

Use Cases

• Healthcare provider search — Find doctors, hospitals, and clinics by specialty or name using the NPI registry. Verify provider credentials and NPI numbers for insurance billing and credentialing workflows
• FDA drug recall monitoring — Track drug enforcement actions and recall alerts. Pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and compliance teams can monitor for recalls affecting their products or supply chain
• Medical device safety tracking — Search FDA device recall data to identify recalled devices by product name, manufacturer, or classification. Essential for hospitals, device distributors, and regulatory teams
• Clinical trials research — Search ClinicalTrials.gov for studies by condition, intervention, or sponsor. Useful for patients seeking trials, researchers tracking competing studies, and pharma companies monitoring the clinical landscape
• NIH grant research — Find NIH-funded research projects by topic. Researchers can identify funding trends, potential collaborators, and competing projects in their field
• Public health data discovery — Search the CDC dataset catalog to find surveillance data, health statistics, and epidemiological datasets for analysis and reporting
• ACO provider directories — Look up CMS Accountable Care Organization participants for Medicare network analysis and provider relationship mapping
• Healthcare market intelligence — Combine data from multiple sources to build comprehensive views of the healthcare landscape for a given therapeutic area or specialty

Cost Estimate

This Actor uses the SIP Public Data Gateway. Each search query costs approximately 0.01 compute units per source queried. A typical 7-source search costs 0.07 CU ($0.02). Searching a single source costs 0.01 CU ($0.003).

Scenario	Sources	Estimated Cost
Single source	1	~$0.003
All sources	7	~$0.02
100 full searches	7 × 100	~$2.00

Performance

Scenario	Sources	Speed
Single source	1	~1-3 seconds
All sources	7	~3-6 seconds (parallel)

Legal

This Actor queries publicly available US government healthcare data from official open data portals including NPPES, OpenFDA, CDC, ClinicalTrials.gov, CMS, and NIH RePORTER. All data sources are published under open government data licenses. No login or authentication to government systems is required — data is accessed through official public APIs via the SIP Public Data Gateway.

Healthcare data returned by this Actor is for informational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. NPI data is public directory information maintained by CMS. FDA recall data is published for public safety. Clinical trial data is self-reported by study sponsors.

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