---
title: "Retrieve a patient"
url: "https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Retrieve_a_patient"
description: "Retrieve a patient with Unified's Patient API (GET /healthcare/{connection_id}/patient/{id}). Filter by fields and raw. Supported by 25 Patient integrations."
---
# Retrieve a patient

 GET/healthcare/{connection\_id}/patient/{id}

## Parameters

**fields**string array 

id

created\_at

updated\_at

name

first\_name

last\_name

gender

birthdate

is\_deceased

deceased\_at

emails

telephones

address

language

identifiers

practitioner\_ids

is\_active

metadata

raw

Fields to return

**raw**string 

Raw parameters to include in the 3rd-party request. Encoded as a URL component. eg. raw parameters: foo=bar&zoo=bar -> raw=foo%3Dbar%26zoo%3Dbar

**connection\_id**string  required 

ID of the connection

**id**string  required 

ID of the Patient

## Returns

[HealthcarePatient](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/model.md)

| Response field           | Type                                                                                                                  | Required | Description                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| id                       | string                                                                                                                | No       | Unique identifier for the patient                                                                      |
| created\_at              | string (date-time)                                                                                                    | No       | When the patient record was created (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)                           |
| updated\_at              | string (date-time)                                                                                                    | No       | When the patient record was last updated (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)                      |
| name                     | string                                                                                                                | No       | Full name of the patient                                                                               |
| first\_name              | string                                                                                                                | No       | Given name of the patient                                                                              |
| last\_name               | string                                                                                                                | No       | Family name of the patient                                                                             |
| gender                   | enum                                                                                                                  | No       | Administrative gender of the patient Values: MALE, FEMALE, OTHER, UNKNOWN                              |
| birthdate                | string                                                                                                                | No       | Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD)                                                                             |
| is\_deceased             | boolean                                                                                                               | No       | Whether the patient is deceased                                                                        |
| deceased\_at             | string (date-time)                                                                                                    | No       | When the patient died (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format)                                         |
| emails                   | [HealthcareEmail](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Retrieve%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareEmail)\[\]           | No       | Email addresses of the patient                                                                         |
| emails\[\].email         | string                                                                                                                | Yes      | The email address                                                                                      |
| emails\[\].type          | enum                                                                                                                  | No       | The kind of email address (work, home or other) Values: WORK, HOME, OTHER                              |
| telephones               | [HealthcareTelephone](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Retrieve%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareTelephone)\[\]   | No       | Phone numbers of the patient                                                                           |
| telephones\[\].telephone | string                                                                                                                | Yes      | The telephone number                                                                                   |
| telephones\[\].type      | enum                                                                                                                  | No       | The kind of telephone number (work, home, mobile, fax or other) Values: WORK, HOME, MOBILE, FAX, OTHER |
| address                  | object                                                                                                                | No       | Home address of the patient                                                                            |
| address.address1         | string                                                                                                                | No       | First line of the street address                                                                       |
| address.address2         | string                                                                                                                | No       | Second line of the street address                                                                      |
| address.city             | string                                                                                                                | No       | City or locality                                                                                       |
| address.region           | string                                                                                                                | No       | Regional area (e.g., state in the U.S., province in Canada)                                            |
| address.postal\_code     | string                                                                                                                | No       | Postal or ZIP code                                                                                     |
| address.country          | string                                                                                                                | No       | Country                                                                                                |
| language                 | string                                                                                                                | No       | Preferred language code of the patient                                                                 |
| identifiers              | [HealthcareIdentifier](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Retrieve%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareIdentifier)\[\] | No       | Business identifiers (e.g. MRN)                                                                        |
| identifiers\[\].value    | string                                                                                                                | Yes      | The identifier value                                                                                   |
| identifiers\[\].type     | enum                                                                                                                  | No       | The kind of identifier Values: MRN, NPI, SSN, DRIVERS\_LICENSE, PASSPORT, INSURANCE, OTHER             |
| identifiers\[\].system   | string                                                                                                                | No       | The namespace/system URI that issued the identifier                                                    |
| practitioner\_ids        | string\[\]                                                                                                            | No       | The patient's primary care practitioners                                                               |
| is\_active               | boolean                                                                                                               | No       | Whether the patient record is in active use                                                            |
| metadata                 | [HealthcareMetadata](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Retrieve%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareMetadata)\[\]     | No       | Custom field values                                                                                    |
| metadata\[\].id          | string                                                                                                                | No       | Identifier of the custom field                                                                         |
| metadata\[\].value       | object                                                                                                                | No       | The custom field value                                                                                 |
| metadata\[\].namespace   | string                                                                                                                | No       | The scope or origin of the custom field                                                                |
| metadata\[\].format      | enum                                                                                                                  | No       | The data type of the value Values: TEXT, NUMBER, DATE, BOOLEAN, ARRAY, OBJECT                          |
| metadata\[\].extra\_data | object                                                                                                                | No       | Additional data about the custom field                                                                 |
| metadata\[\].slug        | string                                                                                                                | No       | The custom field key                                                                                   |

## Errors

 Errors return the HTTP status code and a JSON body with `statusCode`, `error` (the short label) and `message` (a human-readable detail). 

```json
{
  "statusCode": 429,
  "error": "Too Many Requests",
  "message": "Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N"
}
```

| Status | Error                 | Meaning                                           |
| ------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| 400    | Bad Request           | The request was malformed or failed validation.   |
| 401    | Unauthorized          | The connection is likely broken; re-authorize it. |
| 403    | Forbidden             | The connection is missing permissions or scopes.  |
| 404    | Not Found             | The requested resource does not exist.            |
| 429    | Too Many Requests     | Rate limit exceeded (see the two sources below).  |
| 500    | Internal Server Error | An unexpected error occurred.                     |
| 501    | Not Implemented       | Not supported by this integration.                |

 Errors from the underlying integration pass through: the integration's status comes back as ours (429, 401, 403, 404 or 5xx), usually with its message. When the integration's error body is unclear, Unified extracts what it can and returns a clearer message. 

### 429 Too Many Requests

A 429 has two possible sources:

* The integration's own rate limit, passed through.
* Unified's workspace limit: a rolling 60 seconds, set by plan, with the message `Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N`.

## Code Samples

### Node.js SDK

```javascript
import { UnifiedTo } from '@unified-api/typescript-sdk';

const sdk = new UnifiedTo({
    security: {
        jwt: '<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>',
    },
});

const connectionId = '5de520f96e439b002043d8dc';

const id = '1234';

const results = await sdk.healthcare.getHealthcarePatient({ connectionId, id, 
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
 });
```

### Node.js (axios)

```javascript
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8',
  headers: {
    authorization: 'bearer .....'
  },
  params: {
    fields: '',
    raw: '',
  }
};

const results = await axios.request(options);
```

### Java

```java
AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient();

client.prepare("GET", "https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=")
  .setHeader("accept", "application/json")
  .setHeader("authorization", ".....")
  .execute()
  .toCompletableFuture()
  .thenAccept(System.out::println)
  .join();

client.close();
```

### Go

```go
import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

url := `https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("authorization", ".....")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
```

### Python

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw="

headers = {
    "accept": "application/json",
    "authorization": "....."
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
```

### PHP

```php
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "accept: application/json",
    "authorization: ....."
  ],
]);
```

### Ruby

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = '....'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

### cURL

```bash
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'authorization: .....'
```
