Akute Health Patients API

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Akute Health Customer Appointments Patients API
  description: REST API for the Akute Health automation-first EHR platform. Exposes FHIR-aligned resources - patients, appointments, clinical notes (encounters), tasks, documents, medications and e-prescribing, lab orders, diagnostic reports and observations - plus webhook subscriptions for resource events. Authentication uses an API key passed in the X-API-Key header. Webhook deliveries are signed with HMAC-SHA256 in the x-akute-signature header.
  termsOfService: https://www.akutehealth.com/
  contact:
    name: Akute Health Support
    email: support@akutehealth.com
    url: https://developer.akutehealth.com/
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.akutehealth.com/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://api.staging.akutehealth.com/v1
  description: Staging
security:
- APIKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Patients
paths:
  /patients:
    post:
      operationId: createPatient
      tags:
      - Patients
      summary: Create a patient
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
    get:
      operationId: searchPatients
      tags:
      - Patients
      summary: Search patients
      description: Search patients by demographics, contact details, or external_id. Returns a paginated list.
      parameters:
      - name: external_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: first_name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: last_name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: middle_name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: date_of_birth
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: sex
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - male
          - female
          - other
          - unknown
      - name: email
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
      - name: primary_phone_number
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: status
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - inactive
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
  /patients/{patient_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getPatient
      tags:
      - Patients
      summary: Get a patient by id
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PatientId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
    put:
      operationId: updatePatient
      tags:
      - Patients
      summary: Update a patient
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PatientId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientCreate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
  /patients/{patient_id}/external_ids:
    get:
      operationId: getPatientExternalIds
      tags:
      - Patients
      summary: Get a patient's external ids
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PatientId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
components:
  schemas:
    Patient:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        external_id:
          type: string
        first_name:
          type: string
        middle_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        date_of_birth:
          type: string
          format: date
        sex:
          type: string
          enum:
          - male
          - female
          - other
          - unknown
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - inactive
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        primary_phone_number:
          type: string
        primary_phone_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mobile
          - home
          - work
        address_line_1:
          type: string
        address_line_2:
          type: string
        address_city:
          type: string
        address_state:
          type: string
        address_zipcode:
          type: string
    PatientCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - first_name
      - last_name
      - date_of_birth
      - sex
      - status
      properties:
        external_id:
          type: string
        first_name:
          type: string
        middle_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        date_of_birth:
          type: string
          format: date
        sex:
          type: string
          enum:
          - male
          - female
          - other
          - unknown
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - inactive
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        primary_phone_number:
          type: string
        primary_phone_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mobile
          - home
          - work
        address_line_1:
          type: string
        address_line_2:
          type: string
        address_city:
          type: string
        address_state:
          type: string
        address_zipcode:
          type: string
  parameters:
    PatientId:
      name: patient_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: API key created on the Settings -> Developer page in Akute. Required on every request.