# Patients

Patient management including creating, updating, retrieving, and searching patient records within your team.

## List patients

 - [GET /v1/patients](https://developers.nextvisit.app/openapi/patients/listpatients.md): Returns a paginated list of patients for the current team with optional filtering, sorting, and includes

## Create a patient

 - [POST /v1/patients](https://developers.nextvisit.app/openapi/patients/createpatient.md): Creates a new patient record for the current team

## Get a patient

 - [GET /v1/patients/{id}](https://developers.nextvisit.app/openapi/patients/getpatient.md): Returns a single patient by ID with related data including encounters and timeline events

## Update a patient

 - [PUT /v1/patients/{id}](https://developers.nextvisit.app/openapi/patients/updatepatient.md): Updates an existing patient record

## Delete a patient

 - [DELETE /v1/patients/{id}](https://developers.nextvisit.app/openapi/patients/deletepatient.md): Soft deletes a patient record

## Search patients

 - [GET /v1/patients/search](https://developers.nextvisit.app/openapi/patients/searchpatients.md): Full-text search across all patients in the current team using Meilisearch