Create Patient

Create a new patient. If a patient with this phone number already exists, we will update the patient with the provided information.

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

This endpoint expects an object.

phoneNumberstringRequired

The phone number of the patient. This can be in any reasonable format.

firstNamestringRequired

The first name of the patient.

lastNamestringRequired

The last name of the patient.

dateOfBirthstringRequired

The date of birth of the patient. This can be in any reasonable format.

genderenum or objectRequired

The gender of the patient.

addressstringRequired

The address of the patient. This can be in any reasonable format.

insurancePlanNamestringRequired

The name of the patient's insurance plan.

insurancePlanMemberIdstringRequired

The member ID of the patient's insurance plan.

This endpoint returns an object.

patientIdstring

The ID of the patient.

1	import requests
2
3	url = "https://api.ferry.health/api/v1/patients/create"
4
5	payload = {
6	"phoneNumber": "(123) 456-7890",
7	"firstName": "John",
8	"lastName": "Doe",
9	"dateOfBirth": "1980-01-01",
10	"gender": "MALE",
11	"address": "123 Main St, Anytown, CA",
12	"insurancePlanName": "Aetna - Managed Choice Open Access",
13	"insurancePlanMemberId": "123456789"
14	}
15	headers = {
16	"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
17	"Content-Type": "application/json"
18	}
19
20	response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
21
22	print(response.json())

1	{
2	"patientId": "ferry.patient.84396f99-a7d1-44f9-ae8b-01741931269e"
3	}