# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

26.0.0 - Trial

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/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## SearchParameter: Practitioner identifier (R5 mimic)

Official URL: http://digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir/hcpd/SearchParameter/practitioner-identifier-r5 | Version: 26.0.0
Active as of 2026-06-17 | Computable Name: SearchParameterPractitionerIdentifierR5
Usage:Jurisdiction: Australia
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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`.

## SearchParameterPractitionerIdentifierR5

Parameter `identifier-r5`:`token`

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`.

Resource | Practitioner
Expression | `Practitioner.identifier | Practitioner.qualification.identifier`
Target Resources | Practitioner
Multiples | multipleAnd: It's up to the server whether the parameter may repeat in order to specify multiple values that must all be true multipleOr: It's up to the server whether the parameter can have multiple values (separated by comma) where at least one must be true
Modifiers | Allowed: contains, exact