Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Patient API

The Patient API from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) — 1 operation(s) for patient.

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department-of-veterans-affairs-patient-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: VA Appeals Status AllergyIntolerance Patient API
  description: The Appeals Status API exposes the current status, decision-review type, and event history of a Veteran's appeal or higher-level review. It allows Veterans and authorized representatives to track progress through the appeals modernization process.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: VA API Platform
    url: https://developer.va.gov/support/contact-us
servers:
- url: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/appeals/v1
  description: Sandbox
- url: https://api.va.gov/services/appeals/v1
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Patient
paths:
  /Patient/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Patient
      summary: Read a FHIR Patient resource
      operationId: readPatient
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A FHIR Patient resource
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Patient'
components:
  schemas:
    Patient:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceType:
          type: string
          const: Patient
        id:
          type: string
        identifier:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        name:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        telecom:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        gender:
          type: string
        birthDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        address:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
externalDocs:
  description: Appeals Status API documentation
  url: https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/appeals-status