--- title: "Update a patient" url: "https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Update_a_patient" description: "Update a patient with Unified's Patient API (PUT /healthcare/{connection_id}/patient/{id}). Filter by fields and raw. Supported by 13 Patient integrations." --- # Update a patient PUT/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 ## Payload **id**string Unique identifier for the patient **created\_at**date-time When the patient record was created (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **updated\_at**date-time When the patient record was last updated (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **name**string Full name of the patient **first\_name**string Given name of the patient **last\_name**string Family name of the patient **gender** enum Valid values: "MALE" "FEMALE" "OTHER" "UNKNOWN" Administrative gender of the patient **birthdate**string Date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD) **is\_deceased**boolean Whether the patient is deceased **deceased\_at**date-time When the patient died (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **emails** array Email addresses of the patient **telephones** array Phone numbers of the patient **address**object Home address of the patient **language**string Preferred language code of the patient **identifiers** array Business identifiers (e.g. MRN) **practitioner\_ids**string array The patient's primary care practitioners **is\_active**boolean Whether the patient record is in active use **metadata** array **raw** Raw data from integration ## 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/Update%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareEmail)\[\] | No | Email addresses of the patient | | emails\[\].email | string | Yes | | | emails\[\].type | enum | No | Values: WORK, HOME, OTHER | | telephones | [HealthcareTelephone](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Update%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareTelephone)\[\] | No | Phone numbers of the patient | | telephones\[\].telephone | string | Yes | | | telephones\[\].type | enum | No | Values: WORK, HOME, MOBILE, FAX, OTHER | | address | object | No | Home address of the patient | | address.address1 | string | No | | | address.address2 | string | No | | | address.city | string | No | | | address.region | string | No | | | address.postal\_code | string | No | | | address.country | string | No | | | language | string | No | Preferred language code of the patient | | identifiers | [HealthcareIdentifier](https://docs.unified.to/healthcare/patient/Update%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/Update%5Fa%5Fpatient.md#HealthcareMetadata)\[\] | No | | | metadata\[\].id | string | No | | | metadata\[\].value | object | No | | | metadata\[\].namespace | string | No | | | metadata\[\].format | enum | No | Values: TEXT, NUMBER, DATE, BOOLEAN, ARRAY, OBJECT | | metadata\[\].extra\_data | object | No | | | metadata\[\].slug | string | No | | ## 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: '', }, }); const connectionId = '5de520f96e439b002043d8dc'; const id = '1234'; const results = await sdk.healthcare.updateHealthcarePatient({ connectionId, id, healthcarePatient: { }, fields: '', raw: '', }); ``` ### Node.js (axios) ```javascript const options = { method: 'PUT', url: 'https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8', headers: { authorization: 'bearer .....' }, data: undefined, params: { fields: '', raw: '', } }; const results = await axios.request(options); ``` ### Java ```java AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient(); client.prepare("PUT", "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("PUT", 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.put(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 => "PUT", 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::Put.new(url) request["accept"] = 'application/json' request["authorization"] = '....' response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ### cURL ```bash curl --request PUT \ --url 'https://api.unified.to/healthcare/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/patient/5de520f96e439b002043d8d8?fields=&raw=' \ --header 'accept: application/json' \ --header 'authorization: .....' ```