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type: "operations"
title: "Patient Operations"
resource: "Patient"
---
# Patient Operations

- [match](/patient-operation-match) — Find patient matches using MPI based logic — A Master Patient Index ([MPI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_master_patient_index) ) is a service used to manage patient identification in a context where multiple patient databases exist.
- [purge](/patient-operation-purge) — Purge Patient Record — This operation is used to request the removal of all current and historical versions for all resources in a patient compartment.