Australian Profile for Provider Directory Services

This page is part of the Australian Provider Directory IG (v0.2.0: 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

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