Australian Profile for Provider Directory Services

This page is part of the Australian Provider Directory IG (v0.3.0: PD 1 on FHIR STU3 Draft) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 2.0.1. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

CapabilityStatements defined for this Guide

Scope of Resource Profiles

  • Location is physical location, where service delivery occurs.
  • Organization is an entity providing practitioner roles and/or healthcare service.
  • PractitionerRole (provider) is a practitioner acting in a role at one location for one organisation.
  • Practitioner is an individual that maybe acting in a practitioner role.
  • HealthcareService describes the services delivered at one location for one organisation.

Interactions Overview

A subset of FHIR possible interactions are required for this profile.

Instance Level Interactions


  • read PractitionerRole, Practitioner, HealthcareService, Location, Organization, Endpoint
  • vread Not Required
  • update Not Required
  • patch Not Required
  • delete Not Required
  • history Not Required

Type Level Interactions


  • create Not Required
  • search PractitionerRole, Practitioner, HealthcareService, Location, Organization, Endpoint
  • history Not Required

Whole System Interactions


  • capabilities Required
  • batch/transaction Not Required
  • history Not Required
  • search Not required

Type Level Search/Include

Expected scope of search/include support.

Resource Type Profile Search Parameters Includes
Organization Australian Organisation Directory Entry name, identifier  
Practitioner Australian Practitioner Directory Entry identifier, family, given, name  
PractitionerRole Australian PractitionerRole Directory Entry identifier, location.address-city, location.address-postalcode, location.address-state, location.near, location.near-distance, organization.identiifer, practitioner.name, practitioner.family, practitioner.given location, organization, endpoint
HealthcareService Australian HealthcareService Directory Entry name, location.address-city, location.address-postalcode, location.address-state, location.near, location.near-distance, organization.identiifer location, organization, endpoint
Location Australian Location Directory Entry address-city, address-postalcode, address-state, near, near-distance  
Endpoint Australian Endpoint Directory Entry connection-type, payload-type, au-receivingfacility-namespace-id, au-receivingfacility-universal-id, au-receivingfacility-universal-id-type