Create Patient
Creates a Patient in Metriport for the specified Facility where the patient is receiving care.
Query Params
The ID of the Facility where the Patient is receiving care.
Body
The more demographic information you can provide about a Patient, the higher chances Metriport will be able to find a match. For example: nicknames, old addresses, multiple phone numbers, a pre-marital last name, etc.
You may provide a comma/space delimited string to specify multiple first and last names. For
example, the following inputs would be equivalent: "John,Jonathan"
& "John Jonathan"
- these
would translate to ["John", "Jonathan"]
.
The Patient's first name(s).
The Patient's last name(s).
The Patient's date of birth (DOB), formatted YYYY-MM-DD
as per ISO 8601.
The Patient's gender at birth, can be one of M
or F
or O
or U
. Use O
(other) when the patient's gender is known but it is not M
or F
, i.e intersex or hermaphroditic.
Use U (unknown) when the patient's gender is not known.
An array of the Patient's personal IDs, such as a driver's license or SSN. May be empty.
An array of Address
objects, representing the Patient's current and/or previous addresses. May
be empty.
An array of Contact
objects, representing the Patient's current and/or previous contact information. May be empty.
An external Patient ID to associate to a Patient in Metriport.
If the optional externalId
param is provided, you can expect to see it returned in the responses
involving the Patient. It will also be included within the webhook payloads.
Response
The ID assigned to this Patient. This ID will be used to uniquely identify this Patient in medical documents.
An external Patient ID to associate to a Patient in Metriport.
The Patient's first name(s).
The Patient's last name(s).
The Patient's date of birth (DOB), formatted YYYY-MM-DD
as per ISO 8601.
The Patient's gender at birth, can be one of M
or F
or O
or U
. Use O
(other) when the patient's gender is known but it is not M
or F
, i.e intersex or hermaphroditic.
Use U (unknown) when the patient's gender is not known.
An array of the Patient's personal IDs, such as a driver's license. May be empty.
Array of the IDs of the Facilities where the Patient is receiving care.