Retrieves a Patient resource by its FHIR ID. Use this operation to access patient demographics, identifiers, contact information, and other administrative details for a known patient.

For production, replace the host with https://api.healthgorilla.com.

Authorization

This operation requires a valid OAuth 2.0 access token with read permissions for patient data, such as: patient.read or a broader clinical read scope allowed for your client. Requests without a valid token return 401 Unauthorized.

Required Headers

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
Accept: application/fhir+json

Path Parameter

Example Request

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://sandbox.healthgorilla.com/fhir/R4/Patient/pat-78910" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}" \
  --header "Accept: application/fhir+json"

Example Response (200 OK, trimmed)

{
  "resourceType": "Patient",
  "id": "pat-78910",
  "meta": {
    "versionId": "1",
    "lastUpdated": "2024-12-02T18:25:00Z"
  },
  "active": true,
  "name": [
    {
      "family": "Doe",
      "given": ["John"]
    }
  ],
  "gender": "male",
  "birthDate": "1985-06-21",
  "telecom": [
    {
      "system": "phone",
      "value": "555-555-5555",
      "use": "home"
    }
  ],
  "address": [
    {
      "line": ["123 Main St"],
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "state": "CA",
      "postalCode": "94086"
    }
  ]
}

Responses