Patient

Normative Base

Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.

Endpoints

alphahttps://api.dev.ovok.com/fhir/R4/Patient

Interaction	Method	Path
Read	GET	/fhir/R4/Patient/[id]
Vread	GET	/fhir/R4/Patient/[id]/_history/[vid]
Update	PUT	/fhir/R4/Patient/[id]
Patch	PATCH	/fhir/R4/Patient/[id]
Delete	DELETE	/fhir/R4/Patient/[id]
Create	POST	/fhir/R4/Patient
Search	GET	/fhir/R4/Patient
History	GET	/fhir/R4/Patient/[id]/_history

Top-level elements

Element	Type(s)	Cardinality	Description
identifier	Identifier	0..*	An identifier for this patient
active	boolean	0..1	Whether this patient's record is in active use modifier
name	HumanName	0..*	A name associated with the patient
telecom	ContactPoint	0..*	A contact detail for the individual
gender	code	0..1	male | female | other | unknown
birthDate	date	0..1	The date of birth for the individual
deceased[x]	boolean / dateTime	0..1	Indicates if the individual is deceased or not modifier
address	Address	0..*	An address for the individual
maritalStatus	CodeableConcept	0..1	Marital (civil) status of a patient
multipleBirth[x]	boolean / integer	0..1	Whether patient is part of a multiple birth
photo	Attachment	0..*	Image of the patient
contact	BackboneElement	0..*	A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient
communication	BackboneElement	0..*	A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health
generalPractitioner	Reference	0..*	Patient's nominated primary care provider
managingOrganization	Reference	0..1	Organization that is the custodian of the patient record
link	BackboneElement	0..*	Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual person modifier

Resource-specific search parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
_compartment	string
_count	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_count
_elements	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_elements
_id	string
_lastUpdated	string
_profile	string
_security	string
_sort	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_sort
_source	string
_summary	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_summary
_tag	string
_total	string	https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_total
active	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-active
address	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-address
address-city	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-address-city
address-country	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-address-country
address-postalcode	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-address-postalcode
address-state	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-address-state
address-use	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-address-use
birthdate	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-birthdate
death-date	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-death-date
deceased	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-deceased
email	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-email
ethnicity	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/SearchParameter/us-core-ethnicity
family	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-family
gender	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-gender
gender-identity	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/SearchParameter/us-core-patient-gender-identity
general-practitioner	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-general-practitioner
given	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-given
identifier	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-identifier
language	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-language
link	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-link
name	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-name
organization	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/Patient-organization
phone	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-phone
phonetic	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-phonetic
race	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/SearchParameter/us-core-race
telecom	string	http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/individual-telecom

Reference

• Official FHIR R4 spec: Patient
• Maturity: Normative (FMM 5).