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description: Use these resources to create practitioner or facility records, or update existing fields in provider records and insert new fields.
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# Providers

Use these resources to create practitioner or facility records, or update existing fields in provider records and insert new fields.

- **[Create Provider](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/hc_create_provider_api.htm#hc_create_provider_api)**  
    This API creates healthcare provider records along with the corresponding Account records (for facilities) or Contact records (for practitioners). You can also use it to manage information about practitioner credentials.
- **[Upsert Provider](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/hc_upsert_provider_api.htm#hc_upsert_provider_api)**  
    This business-level API enables you to upsert data in Salesforce to represent a practitioner and all the objects and fields in the Provider data model relevant to a Practitioner, such as NPI, provider specialty, and provider taxonomy.