# Get patient

Canonical page: https://docs.ovok.com/api/slim/patient/get-patient

`GET /v1/slim/patient/{id}`

Returns one resident (patient) by id, with their names, resident state and current placement. The response is the shape `PUT /v1/slim/patient/{id}` accepts back.

**Auth:** Bearer token. The caller must be a practitioner, an admin, a super admin, or hold the "System Owner" access policy. The access policy must grant `Patient:read` (an admin or super admin who holds no access policy skips this check).
**Scope:** The resident is read with the caller's own token, so you get any patient your Medplum access lets you read. There is no extra project check on this route.

## Behaviour

- Read-only.
- `deviceId` is one device id, or `null` when the resident has no device. If the resident is on several devices, it is the most recently updated one. `locationId`, `floor`, `room`, `bed` and `organizationId` describe that same device's placement.
- `residentState` is `active`, `discharged-recent` (discharged within the last 30 days), `discharged` or `archived`.
- `admissionDate` and `dischargeDate` are returned as stored.
- A `name` entry without a `use` is returned as `official`.

## Example

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.sandbox.ovok.com/v1/slim/patient/c3499c27-2973-0a7f-807e-fb8676a92dcb' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE3NjcyNjg4MDAsImV4cCI6MTc2NzI3MjQwMH0.Ql3B_ztDvctlyZ2z0vp4sl3ExXRQGkzmxdmTAqxNzZk'
```