athenahealth Patients API

The Patients API from athenahealth — 2 operation(s) for patients.

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Business capability

Patient Registration Management BC-2800.20

Operations 4

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GET /patients Search patients by name or birth date · Search Patients #

Ask an LLM

“How do I find a patient in athenaOne by first and last name?”

“Can I look up patients by date of birth within one department?”

Tell an agent

Find patients named {firstname} {lastname}.

Search for patients born on {dob} in department {departmentid}.

POST /patients Register a new patient · Create Patient #

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“How do I register a brand-new patient in a department?”

“What details are required to create a patient record?”

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Register patient {firstname} {lastname}, born {dob}, in department {departmentid}.

Create a new {sex} patient {firstname} {lastname} with birth date {dob} in department {departmentid}.

GET /patients/{patientid} Get a patient's demographics by patient ID · Get Patient #

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“How do I pull up a patient's record when I know their athenaOne patient ID?”

“What demographic details are stored for a given patient ID?”

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Get the record for patient {patientid}.

Show demographics for athenaOne patient {patientid}.

PUT /patients/{patientid} Update a patient's contact details · Update Patient #

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“How do I change a patient's mobile phone or email on file?”

“Can I correct a misspelled name on an existing patient record?”

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Update the email for patient {patientid} to {email}.

Set the mobile phone of patient {patientid} to {mobilephone}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: athenahealth athenaOne REST Patients API
  description: 'The athenaOne proprietary REST API exposes the full provider, patient,

    scheduling, clinical, and biller workflow surface of the athenahealth

    cloud-based EHR and practice management platform. All resources are

    scoped to a practice via the practiceid path parameter.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: athenahealth Developer Support
    url: https://docs.athenahealth.com/api/support
  license:
    name: athenahealth API Terms
    url: https://www.athenahealth.com/legal/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/v1/{practiceid}
  description: Production athenaOne API
  variables:
    practiceid:
      default: '195900'
      description: athenaOne practice identifier
- url: https://api.preview.platform.athenahealth.com/v1/{practiceid}
  description: Preview (sandbox) athenaOne API
  variables:
    practiceid:
      default: '195900'
      description: athenaOne preview practice identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Patients
paths:
  /patients:
    get:
      summary: Search Patients
      operationId: searchPatients
      tags:
      - Patients
      parameters:
      - name: firstname
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: lastname
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dob
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: departmentid
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of matching patients
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientList'
    post:
      summary: Create Patient
      operationId: createPatient
      tags:
      - Patients
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientCreate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created patient
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
  /patients/{patientid}:
    get:
      summary: Get Patient
      operationId: getPatient
      tags:
      - Patients
      parameters:
      - name: patientid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Patient record
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
    put:
      summary: Update Patient
      operationId: updatePatient
      tags:
      - Patients
      parameters:
      - name: patientid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientUpdate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Update result
components:
  schemas:
    Patient:
      type: object
      properties:
        patientid:
          type: string
        firstname:
          type: string
        lastname:
          type: string
        dob:
          type: string
          format: date
        sex:
          type: string
          enum:
          - M
          - F
          - U
        homephone:
          type: string
        mobilephone:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        address1:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        zip:
          type: string
        departmentid:
          type: integer
    PatientList:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
    PatientUpdate:
      type: object
      properties:
        firstname:
          type: string
        lastname:
          type: string
        mobilephone:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
    PatientCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - firstname
      - lastname
      - dob
      - departmentid
      properties:
        firstname:
          type: string
        lastname:
          type: string
        dob:
          type: string
          format: date
        departmentid:
          type: integer
        sex:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/oauth2/v1/token
          scopes:
            athena/service/Athenanet.MDP.*: athenahealth MDP scope
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/oauth2/v1/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/oauth2/v1/token
          scopes:
            athena/service/Athenanet.MDP.*: athenahealth MDP scope

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