# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

26.0.0 - Snapshot HL7 AU Connectathon Aug 25 & 26, 2026

Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide, published by Australian Digital Health Agency. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 26.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/AuDigitalHealth/HCPD-Snapshot-26.0.0-HL7AU-Connectathon-Aug-25-26/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : HCPD Practitioner Example: External Record (PRN) - XML Representation

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    <Practitioner xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="external-hcpd-practitioner-record"/>
      <meta>
        <profile
                 value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hcpd-practitioner"/>
      </meta>
      <text>
        <status value="extensions"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Practitioner external-hcpd-practitioner-record</b></p><a name="external-hcpd-practitioner-record"> </a><a name="hcexternal-hcpd-practitioner-record"> </a><div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px"/><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Profile: <a href="StructureDefinition-hcpd-practitioner.html">HCPD Practitioner</a></p></div><blockquote><p><b>Person Recorded Sex Or Gender</b></p><ul><li>value: <span title="Codes:{http://hl7.org/fhir/administrative-gender male}">Male</span></li></ul></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>Suppression Indicator for Visibility</b></p><ul><li>suppressedBy: <span title="Codes:{http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/CodeSystem/responsible-party-type practitioner-initiated}">Practitioner initiated</span></li></ul></blockquote><p><b>identifier</b>: National provider identifier/8003616566719020</p><p><b>active</b>: false</p><p><b>name</b>: John Fryer (Official), John Fryer </p><p><b>telecom</b>: <a href="tel:+61285550199">+61 2 8555 0199</a>, <a href="tel:+61277770199">+61 2 7777 0199</a></p><blockquote><p><b>qualification</b></p><p><b>identifier</b>: Provider number/PRN-123456 (use: official, )</p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:">Clinical Hypnotherapist</span></p><p><b>issuer</b>: Australian Clinical Hypnotherapy Association</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>qualification</b></p><p><b>identifier</b>: Provider number/PRN-2468 (use: official, )</p><p><b>code</b>: <span title="Codes:">Pathologist</span></p><p><b>issuer</b>: RCPA</p></blockquote><p><b>communication</b>: <span title="Codes:{urn:ietf:bcp:47 it}">Italian</span></p></div>
      </text>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/individual-recordedSexOrGender">
        <extension url="value">
          <valueCodeableConcept>
            <coding>
              <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/administrative-gender"/>
              <code value="male"/>
              <display value="Male"/>
            </coding>
          </valueCodeableConcept>
        </extension>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/StructureDefinition/suppressed">
        <extension url="suppressedBy">
          <valueCodeableConcept>
            <coding>
              <system
                      value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/cc/CodeSystem/responsible-party-type"/>
              <code value="practitioner-initiated"/>
            </coding>
          </valueCodeableConcept>
        </extension>
      </extension>
      <identifier>
        <extension
                   url="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/StructureDefinition/hi-services-identifier-status">
          <valueCoding>
            <system
                    value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/CodeSystem/hi-services-identifier-status-cs"/>
            <code value="A"/>
            <display value="Active"/>
          </valueCoding>
        </extension>
        <type>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
            <code value="NPI"/>
          </coding>
        </type>
        <system value="http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/id/hi/hpii/1.0"/>
        <value value="8003616566719020"/>
      </identifier>
      <active value="false"/>
      <name>
        <use value="official"/>
        <family value="Fryer"/>
        <given value="John"/>
        <prefix value="Dr"/>
      </name>
      <name>
        <use value="usual"/>
        <family value="Fryer"/>
        <given value="John"/>
      </name>
      <telecom>
        <system value="phone"/>
        <value value="+61 2 8555 0199"/>
        <use value="work"/>
      </telecom>
      <telecom>
        <system value="phone"/>
        <value value="+61 2 7777 0199"/>
        <use value="home"/>
      </telecom>
      <qualification>
        <identifier>
          <use value="official"/>
          <type>
            <coding>
              <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
              <code value="PRN"/>
            </coding>
          </type>
          <system value="http://example.org/fhir/identifier/acha-prn"/>
          <value value="PRN-123456"/>
        </identifier>
        <code>
          <text value="Clinical Hypnotherapist"/>
        </code>
        <issuer>
          <display value="Australian Clinical Hypnotherapy Association"/>
        </issuer>
      </qualification>
      <qualification>
        <identifier>
          <use value="official"/>
          <type>
            <coding>
              <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/>
              <code value="PRN"/>
            </coding>
          </type>
          <system value="http://example.org/fhir/identifier/rcpa-prn"/>
          <value value="PRN-2468"/>
        </identifier>
        <code>
          <text value="Pathologist"/>
        </code>
        <issuer>
          <display value="RCPA"/>
        </issuer>
      </qualification>
      <communication>
        <coding>
          <system value="urn:ietf:bcp:47"/>
          <code value="it"/>
          <display value="Italian"/>
        </coding>
      </communication>
    </Practitioner>