# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

26.0.0 - Snapshot Sparked Testing 20260708

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-SPARKED-Testing-20260708/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## : Practitioner identifier (R5 mimic) - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-07-03

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    <SearchParameter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="practitioner-identifier-r5"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: SearchParameter practitioner-identifier-r5</b></p><a name="practitioner-identifier-r5"> </a><a name="hcpractitioner-identifier-r5"> </a><h2>SearchParameterPractitionerIdentifierR5</h2><p>Parameter <code>identifier-r5</code>:<code>token</code></p><div><p>Enables R5-style identifier searching across both Practitioner.identifier and Practitioner.qualification.identifier paths. This allows searching for practitioners by any identifier type including HPI-I, Ahpra and other peak body registration numbers. Works with <code>system|value</code> OR <code>system</code> OR <code>value</code>.</p>
    </div><table class="grid"><tr><td>Resource</td><td><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/practitioner.html">Practitioner</a></td></tr><tr><td>Expression</td><td><code>Practitioner.identifier | Practitioner.qualification.identifier</code></td></tr><tr><td>Target Resources</td><td><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/practitioner.html">Practitioner</a></td></tr><tr><td>Multiples</td><td><ul><li>multipleAnd: It's up to the server whether the parameter may repeat in order to specify multiple values that must all be true</li><li>multipleOr: It's up to the server whether the parameter can have multiple values (separated by comma) where at least one must be true</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Modifiers</td><td>Allowed: contains, exact</td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <url
           value="http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/SearchParameter/practitioner-identifier-r5"/>
      <version value="26.0.0"/>
      <name value="SearchParameterPractitionerIdentifierR5"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <experimental value="false"/>
      <date value="2026-07-03T05:13:52+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="Australian Digital Health Agency"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="Australian Digital Health Agency"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/"/>
        </telecom>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="help@digitalhealth.gov.au"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <name value="Australian Digital Health Agency"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au"/>
          <use value="work"/>
        </telecom>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au"/>
          <use value="work"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Enables R5-style identifier searching across both Practitioner.identifier and Practitioner.qualification.identifier paths. This allows searching for practitioners by any identifier type including HPI-I, Ahpra and other peak body registration numbers. Works with `system|value` OR `system` OR `value`."/>
      <jurisdiction>
        <coding>
          <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
          <code value="AU"/>
          <display value="Australia"/>
        </coding>
      </jurisdiction>
      <code value="identifier-r5"/>
      <base value="Practitioner"/>
      <type value="token"/>
      <expression
                  value="Practitioner.identifier | Practitioner.qualification.identifier"/>
      <target value="Practitioner"/>
      <modifier value="contains"/>
      <modifier value="exact"/>
    </SearchParameter>